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зря vstresses
cliche. one shouldn't have (+ past participle: You shouldn't have done that. – Зря ты это сделал. ART Vancouver)
inf. no purpose
зря adv.
зря терять время; напрасно
gen. for nothing (Well, then, you've came a long way for nothing. • I feel just awful having you come here for nothing.); all for nothing; it was a bad idea to (It was a bad idea to ask about her age – Зря ты спросил про ее возраст SirReal); to no purpose; they quarrelled for nothing; you shouldn't have (Alexander Demidov); wrongly (Ремедиос_П); for no reason (grafleonov); in vain; for no good reason (в знач. "безосновательно, неоправданно": I laughed at you, but for no good reason, as it turns out 4uzhoj); vainly; I wish (когда говоривший жалеет о каком-то поступке: I wish I'd never listened to you. • I wish that I hadn't eaten so much. TranslationHelp)
amer. your loss (Taras)
context. that's a shame (в контексте; в знач. "очень жаль, что": It looks like it might have been in decent shape, so that's a shame that he buried it like that. 4uzhoj)
Gruzovik, inf. for no reason at all
inf. all for naught; for nought; for ought
Makarov. uselessly
slang out the window
 Russian thesaurus
зрит. abbr.
abbr. зрительский
ЗРИ abbr.
abbr., nucl.pow. закрытый радионуклидный источник
зря: 290 phrases in 21 subjects
American usage, not spelling2
Business2
Cliche / convention3
Contextual meaning1
Diplomacy1
Disapproving1
Explanatory translation1
Figurative1
Figure of speech1
General176
Idiomatic18
Informal18
Literature1
Low register1
Makarov48
Proverb2
Quotes and aphorisms4
Saying3
Scottish usage1
Slang4
Uncommon / rare1