labor in vain

labor in vain
index failure (lack of success)

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  • labor in vain — Synonyms and related words: be found wanting, be unsuccessful, beat the air, bootless errand, come to grief, fail, fail of success, flunk, flunk out, go bankrupt, labor of Sisyphus, lash the waves, lose, lost, milk the ram, not come off, not pass …   Moby Thesaurus

  • House on Labor-in-Vain Road — Infobox nrhp | name =House on Labor in Vain Road nrhp type = caption = location= Ipswich, Massachusetts lat degrees = 42 lat minutes = 40 lat seconds = 40 lat direction = N long degrees = 70 long minutes = 48 long seconds = 22 long direction = W… …   Wikipedia

  • LABOR — In the Bible and Apocrypha The Bible regards labor as human destiny and an aspect of the order of heaven and earth and all therein. According to Genesis 2:5, a condition of the creation of plant life was the presence of a human being to cultivate …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Labor Day — Fête du Travail Fête du Travail Défilé du 1er mai à Bombay en Inde. Autre nom Journée internationale des travailleurs Fête des travailleurs Type Fête civile Date …   Wikipédia en Français

  • To take in vain — Take Take, v. t. [imp. {Took} (t[oo^]k); p. p. {Taken} (t[=a]k n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Taking}.] [Icel. taka; akin to Sw. taga, Dan. tage, Goth. t[=e]kan to touch; of uncertain origin.] 1. In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the hands …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • inutilis labor et sine fructu non est effectus legis — /inyiiwtalas leybar et sayniy frakt(y)uw non est afektas liyjas/ Useless and fruitless labor is not the effect of law. The law forbids such recoveries whose ends are vain, chargeable, and unprofitable …   Black's law dictionary

  • inutilis labor et sine fructu non est effectus legis — /inyiiwtalas leybar et sayniy frakt(y)uw non est afektas liyjas/ Useless and fruitless labor is not the effect of law. The law forbids such recoveries whose ends are vain, chargeable, and unprofitable …   Black's law dictionary

  • Failure — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Failure >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 failure failure Sgm: N 1 nonsuccess nonsuccess nonfulfillment Sgm: N 1 dead failure dead failure successlessness Sgm: N 1 abortion abortion miscarriage Sgm: N 1 b …   English dictionary for students

  • Inutility — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Inutility >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 inutility inutility Sgm: N 1 uselessness uselessness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 inefficacy inefficacy futility Sgm: N 1 ineptitude ineptitude inaptitude Sgm: N 1 …   English dictionary for students

  • failure — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Nonperformance Nouns 1. failure, unsuccessfulness, nonsuccess, nonfulfillment; dead failure, abortion, miscarriage, malfunction, outage; bankruptcy (see nonpayment); labor in vain; no go; inefficacy;… …   English dictionary for students

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