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Adjective
Unable or insufficient to produce any effect or result
Relating to or resembling farce, especially because of absurd or ridiculous aspects
Adverb
Without success or a result
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Adjective
▲
Unable or insufficient to produce any effect or result
useless
ineffective
futile
ineffectual
unsuccessful
fruitless
unproductive
vain
abortive
inefficacious
pointless
unprofitable
unavailing
profitless
worthless
bootless
barren
empty
nugatory
otiose
thwarted
foiled
impotent
powerless
balked
US
baulked
UK
frustrated
to no avail
to no purpose
without success
idle
valueless
hopeless
failed
to no effect
hollow
purposeless
senseless
trivial
unrewarding
wasted
insignificant
of no use
meaningless
Sisyphean
trifling
non-successful
no dice
of no avail
inadequate
needless
impractical
for nought
aimless
unimportant
irrelevant
doomed
inconsequential
without rhyme or reason
on a treadmill
not worth the candle
sterile
thankless
misfired
exhausted
footling
no use
purportless
unfruitful
delusive
impracticable
junky
defeated
frivolous
paltry
good-for-nothing
unremunerative
scant
feeble
unfructuous
botched
disastrous
save one's breath
unreasonable
mindless
not fruitful
a dead loss
unprolific
unsound
unmeaning
miserable
chaffy
no-good
null
unavailable
gainless
groundless
for naught
time-wasting
unsalable
of no earthly use
unnotable
no-win
void
puny
shuck
misleading
petty
delusory
slight
insubstantial
spinning one's wheels
wild goose chase
casual
unfounded
baseless
without grounds
not serious
without foundation
lacking foundation
rambling
unhelpful
stymied
not a prayer
in vicious circle
going nowhere
hindered
cramped
blocked
stonewalled
obstructed
fouled up
inutile
unworkable
unusable
inane
nonsensical
absurd
unsuitable
forlorn
unserviceable
inefficient
nonfunctional
unpurposed
feckless
dysfunctional
expendable
pathetic
stillborn
scrap
broken
unuseful
inoperable
pants
not useful
inoperative
counterproductive
nonpractical
unfunctional
insane
fatuous
nongermane
superfluous
redundant
unnecessary
lost
unsatisfactory
unsubstantial
unreal
insufficient
resultless
unneeded
not pertinent
no good to gundy
inept
weak
incompetent
lame
poor
no-account
spineless
inferior
lousy
wretched
hamstrung
inexpedient
vapid
indecisive
despicable
contemptible
negligible
shiftless
unable
abandoned
ignoble
lazy
trashy
spiritless
nothing
bungled
wet
unfit
vacuous
measly
impossible
invertebrate
abject
base
motiveless
wishy-washy
wanky
limited
irresponsible
sorry
slothful
apathetic
indolent
no good
unambitious
bogus
waste
mediocre
unessential
dry
cheap
ne'er-do-well
unenterprising
flat
effete
vacant
soft
goalless
bad
nerveless
weakling
unreliable
incapable
tame
piddling
weak-kneed
characterless
milk-and-water
namby-pamby
poxy
rubbishy
forceless
withered
neutralized
US
defeasible
neutralised
UK
innocuous
anticlimactic
banal
deficient
chicken
defective
wanton
limp-wristed
beyond hope
flimsy
null and void
drifting
unachievable
of no value
uncalled-for
uncalled for
not having a prayer
with no chance of success
drossy
uneconomic
failing
invalid
impuissant
miscarried
bungling
unconvincing
unimpressive
frustaneous
unlucrative
throwaway
stupid
disadvantageous
thin
nonvalid
nonbinding
pyrrhic
insincere
rotten
dull
implausible
objectless
niggling
picayune
minute
nominal
piddly
pimping
piffling
inconsiderable
peanut
dead
specious
pitiful
boring
nonproductive
uncreative
slow
unyieldly
wasteful
insipid
ruined
spoiled
US
shallow
stale
uninspiring
not needed
not helpful
woeful
wandering
parlous
uninteresting
unasked
spoilt
UK
lamentable
deplorable
meagre
UK
helpless
adrift
arid
tedious
commonplace
unpromising
threatening
sinister
menacing
messed up
vague
de minimis
uncommunicative
Mickey Mouse
vile
unconstructive
inactive
adverse
negative
lacklustre
UK
dreary
drab
unstimulating
prosaic
monotonous
lifeless
humdrum
unreturned
Pyrrhic
emasculate
slack-spined
witless
indiscriminate
designless
thoughtless
illogical
irrational
pitiable
crummy
sad
unfilled
clear
ill-fated
bleak
not worth it
fustian
reckless
incautious
uncareful
carefree
careless
wild
debased
depraved
degraded
low
desultory
brainless
random
off
desperate
despairing
lackluster
US
despondent
unattainable
beyond remedy
despaired of
no go
no way
not effective
shameful
disgraceful
dishonourable
UK
dishonorable
US
meager
US
ill-suited
inappropriate
unsuited
ridiculous
floundering
undirected
haphazard
villainous
ignominious
corrupt
degenerate
mean
non-functioning
wimpish
frail
wimpy
weakened
not proper
not good enough
improper
silly
nickel-and-dime
of no benefit
irresolute
junk
unadvantageous
inconsistent
incompatible
inapt
hit-or-miss
rubbish
not in use
out of use
silent
turned off
not working
out of service
two a penny
not much cop
uninformative
unassertive
a dime a dozen
meek
cowardly
gutless
timid
weak-willed
fickle
passive
not worth a hill of beans
dithering
faltering
craven
timorous
wavering
indeterminate
vacillating
pusillanimous
undetermined
fallible
chicken-hearted
corruptible
supine
yellow
lily-livered
hemming and hawing
waffling
yellow-bellied
undependable
faint-hearted
yielding
unsure
easily led
more ❯
“The soldier pleaded that family troubles had led to his uncharacteristic behavior, but the utterings proved to be
in vain
.”
Adjective
▲
Relating to or resembling farce, especially because of absurd or ridiculous aspects
farcical
absurd
ludicrous
preposterous
ridiculous
laughable
risible
nonsensical
silly
derisory
foolish
futile
pointless
senseless
stupid
cockamamie
cockamamy
comical
derisive
idiotic
imbecilic
ineffectual
pathetic
useless
vain
asinine
barmy
crazy
daft
hare-brained
camp
campy
diverting
embarrassing
gelastic
incompetent
joshing
outrageous
to no avail
for grins
bizarre
insane
inane
fatuous
unreasonable
illogical
wacky
mad
unthinkable
harebrained
strange
irrational
zany
fantastic
loony
unbelievable
incredible
whacky
nutty
witless
implausible
brainless
cockeyed
kooky
odd
lunatic
cuckoo
looney
weird
kookie
incongruous
featherheaded
half-baked
unwise
shocking
grotesque
fantastical
fanciful
balmy
wild
crackpot
peculiar
half-witted
monstrous
astonishing
outlandish
unreal
simpleminded
dippy
daffy
dotty
screwball
lunkheaded
bubbleheaded
sappy
foolhardy
funny
weak-minded
queer
goofy
impracticable
derisible
cock-eyed
inept
jerky
fool
tomfool
off the wall
imprudent
eccentric
droll
puerile
unworkable
irresponsible
hilarious
wacko
mindless
moronic
ill-conceived
screwy
impractical
unusual
way out
too much
infantile
freakish
comic
quirky
rum
inappropriate
reckless
freaky
amusing
inconceivable
dopey
unrealistic
dumb
surreal
bewildering
baffling
mystifying
puzzling
extraordinary
humorous
scatterbrained
potty
exorbitant
extravagant
batty
impossible
off the air
off your head
a bit much
over the top
out of the question
OTT
curious
burlesque
vacuous
crackbrained
thoughtless
rash
unintelligent
madcap
extreme
unconventional
clownish
ignorant
inadvisable
contemptible
excessive
untenable
off-centre
avant-garde
slang
injudicious
misguided
foolheaded
oddball
light-hearted
worthy of scorn
nuts
cracked
chucklesome
waggish
far-out
thick
obtuse
cranky
kinky
ironic
feather-brained
unhinged
deranged
demented
unbalanced
whimsical
mercurial
naive
doltish
simple
dilly
maniacal
wackadoodle
abnormal
unique
nonconformist
wackadoo
phenomenal
crazy-ass
giddy
extremely foolish
off beam
stupidly irresponsible
full of holes
taking the cake
witty
loopy
offbeat
remarkable
outré
funky
quixotic
weirdo
dreamlike
idiotical
improvident
scatty
unlikely
irritating
out there
gonzo
doolally
ill-considered
O.T.T.
in left field
rich
priceless
annoying
entertaining
spaced-out
off-the-wall
off-kilter
out to lunch
dim-witted
beyond all reason
short-sighted
bird-brained
out of all reason
off your trolley
up the pole
a joke
side-splitting
a laugh
a bit thick
unachievable
unattainable
unfeasible
unobtainable
unviable
hopeless
unimaginable
far-fetched
forlorn
insurmountable
undoable
insuperable
irresoluble
insolvable
unrealizable
unsolvable
irresolvable
paradoxical
impervious
insoluble
inaccessible
infeasible
inexecutable
impassable
irrealizable
hardly possible
not to be thought of
no-go
non-viable
not on
like herding cats
not possible
beyond the bounds of possibility
no-way
beyond you
not a prayer
not worth considering
beyond one
hundred-to-one
contrary to reason
meaningless
inconsistent
crazed
bonkers
psychotic
loco
mental
crackers
gaga
unsound
psycho
certifiable
bats
non compos mentis
unstable
whacko
meshuga
haywire
fruity
brainsick
maniac
moonstruck
meshugge
bughouse
touched
bedlam
wud
disturbed
not all there
nutsy
looney tunes
loony tunes
mad as a hatter
nutty as a fruitcake
bananas
barking
squirrelly
psychopathic
mentally ill
round the bend
raving mad
delirious
distracted
buggy
barking mad
sectionable
away with the fairies
round the twist
mad as a March hare
not the full shilling
thickheaded
of unsound mind
gormless
ill-advised
nutso
distraught
raving
empty-headed
as daft as a brush
glaikit
dim
damfool
stark raving mad
bushed
not right in the head
frenzied
manic
incautious
indiscreet
hysterical
erratic
sick in the head
schizoid
birdbrained
chowderheaded
not quite right in the head
dotish
not right upstairs
flakey
US
foaming at the mouth
flaky
UK
porangi
stark mad
not together
dunderheaded
stark staring mad
off your rocker
frantic
lamebrained
imbecile
out of one's mind
feebleminded
neurotic
cretinous
halfwitted
pea-brained
weak
with a screw loose
wooden-headed
divvy
boneheaded
schizophrenic
off one's gourd
wrong
dof
around the bend
yarra
softheaded
dense
slow-witted
brain-dead
dull
impolitic
idiosyncratic
chuckleheaded
disordered
pinheaded
berserk
flighty
unglued
paranoid
sick
slow
sociopathic
dopy
troubled
have kangaroos in the top paddock
thick-witted
flipped out
childish
unreasoning
way-out
frivolous
off one's nut
unsmart
heedless
immature
mixed up
unthinking
careless
soft
schizo
blockheaded
screwed up
confused
lamebrain
psychopathological
knuckleheaded
dorky
a bit lacking
have bats in the belfry
daft as a brush
invalid
not of sound mind
crazy as a loon
fallacious
simple-minded
unfounded
nonrational
groundless
severely mentally ill
unjustifiable
inconsequential
specious
illegitimate
inconsequent
unorthodox
far out
vapid
ill-judged
oafish
braindead
muttonheaded
unscientific
sophistic
unpredictable
flipped
bonehead
opaque
dappy
rabid
dozy
queerish
quaint
out-of-the-way
bizarro
insipid
airheaded
ill-thought-out
derailed
moonstricken
unsettled
have a screw loose
raging
dazed
off
dreamy
out of one's head
nerdy
unearthly
touched in the head
addle-brained
brash
hasty
dead from the neck up
fat-headed
freaked out
different
not in your right mind
in a daze
hotheaded
inconsiderate
manic-depressive
flipped-out
in another world
non compos
a few cards shy of a full deck
having bats in the belfry
deprived of one's wits
one card shy of a full deck
over the edge
a few sandwiches short of a picnic
mentally deranged
having a screw loose
having kangaroos in the top paddock
clueless
bathetic
defective
clock
derpy
purposeless
unsafe
rattlebrained
unsteady
changeable
donkeyish
obstinate
unscrewed
paranoiac
paranoic
idiotish
violent
off the beam
incomprehensible
unpractical
empty
unconsidered
daggy
smoothbrained
berko
mentally incompetent
bugged out
unaware
insensate
complacent
nobody home
schitzy
ape
callow
pixilated
fanatic
obsessed
unzipped
dingy
very stupid
uncontrolled
off your chump
off the rails
trifling
worthless
bedlamite
harum-scarum
left-field
credulous
retarded
green
goofy loony
baked
fried
unfamiliar
bemused
off the chain
Bohemian
demoniac
psyched out
original
inexperienced
not right
backward
wigged out
nonconforming
off-center
dull-witted
impulsive
feeble-minded
vacant
crass
wishy-washy
flat
innocuous
as mad as a hatter
soft in the head
smooth-brained
not tightly wrapped
out of one's tree
out of one's gourd
off the deep end
false
acting crazy
as mad as a March hare
in the ozone
one sandwich short of a picnic
daredevil
faulty
devoid of intelligence
spurious
as thick as two short planks
feather-headed
wet behind the ears
incorrect
flawed
erroneous
hot-headed
out in left field
unjustified
daring
adventurous
baseless
nitwitted
arbitrary
unreasoned
contradictory
overhasty
wrong-headed
unseemly
temerarious
audacious
overbold
overconfident
incoherent
reasonless
sophistical
sheepheaded
radge
aberrant
counterintuitive
disconnected
disjointed
casuistic
hollow
undiplomatic
inexpedient
indelicate
graceless
tactless
improbable
pie-faced
chaotic
lively
inconclusive
unsubstantial
dubious
doubtful
badly planned
risky
muddle-headed
perverse
irreconcilable
unproved
imaginary
irrelevant
unconnected
without foundation
without basis
unconvincing
illusory
incredulous
grandiose
off the top of your head
twisted
unconceivable
misleading
romantic
capricious
ambitious
visionary
amazing
uncompelling
artificial
self-contradictory
beyond belief
not following
not making sense
illusive
out of sight
cock-and-bull
suppositious
singular
hallucinatory
make-believe
mentally unbalanced
more ❯
Adverb
▲
Without success or a result
ineffectually
unsuccessfully
vainly
fruitlessly
profitlessly
unproductively
to no purpose
without success
to no avail
with no result
futilely
bootlessly
for nothing
to no effect
pointlessly
needlessly
uselessly
without result
failing repeatedly
to little avail
ineffectively
“He has inspired imitators, tolerated plagiarists, and confounded the hackers who try
in vain
to turn his craft into software.”
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in vain
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vain
vanity
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vainglory
vainglorious
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vainly
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invaletudinary
invalid
invalidate
invalidated
invalidates
invalidating
invaginating
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invading
invade someone's space
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