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The Answer

VAIN

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Notes

The answer VAIN is common and appears about once every 275 puzzles.

Related Clues

Bootless
Conceited
Empty
Fruitless
Futile
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
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"