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The Clue
Futile (4 letter answer)
The Answer
VAIN
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Notes
The answer VAIN is common and appears about once every 275 puzzles.
Related Clues
Bootless
Conceited
Fruitless
Idle
Narcissistic
Nugatory
Peacockish
Sisyphean
Unprofitable
Useless
Worthless
Hardly humble
Like peacocks
In love with oneself
Mirror-conscious
Puffed up
Self-absorbed
Self-involved
Stuck on oneself
Like some attempts
Sold on one's self
Definition
VAIN as an adjective:
1. (conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen, swollen-headed, vain) = characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary"; "vain about her clothes"
2. (bootless, fruitless, futile, sleeveless, vain) = unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"