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| to no purpose; no soap; for no reason (grafleonov); in vain; for nothing; down the drain (Никита Лисовский); at the service of nothing (vogeler); for nothing (Well then we came here for nothing. This whole mission was for nothing. • I have already told you I don't know – You think I came here for nothing?); ineffectually (Побеdа); uselessly (Aly19) | |||
| to no avail | |||
| down the plughole (Taras) | |||
| out the window; snafu | |||
| впустую: 150 phrases in 23 subjects |
| American usage, not spelling | 5 |
| Australian | 3 |
| Business | 4 |
| Cinematography | 2 |
| Cliche / convention | 2 |
| Diplomacy | 1 |
| Figurative | 1 |
| Figure of speech | 2 |
| General | 73 |
| Hobbies and pastimes | 1 |
| Idiomatic | 8 |
| Informal | 7 |
| Information technology | 1 |
| Irish | 1 |
| Ironical | 1 |
| Literally | 1 |
| Makarov | 25 |
| Politics | 1 |
| Programming | 2 |
| Saying | 2 |
| Telecommunications | 1 |
| Vulgar | 4 |
| Weapons and gunsmithing | 2 |