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  • 91vaine — ● vain, vaine adjectif (latin vanus, vide) Se dit d une action qui ne produit pas l effet souhaité : Opposer une vaine résistance. Il serait vain de protester. Qui est sans fondement, sans justification : De vaines espérances. Littéraire. Qui est …

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  • 92fruitless — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unavailing, unprofitable, vain; barren. See uselessness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. futile, vain, unprofitable, empty; see futile 1 . See Synonym Study at futile . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a …

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  • 93vain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. proud, conceited; futile, fruitless; trivial. See vanity, uselessness, unimportance. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Possessing unwarranted self esteem] Syn. proud, arrogant, haughty; see egotistic 2 . 2 …

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  • 94useless — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Unserviceable] Syn. worthless, unusable, inutile, ineffectual, expendable, incompetent, of no use, ineffective, inoperative, broken, dysfunctional, counterproductive, inefficient, unprofitable, no damn good*. Ant.… …

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  • 95fu´tile|ness — fu|tile «FYOO tuhl», adjective. 1. not successful; useless; vain: »He fell down after making futile attempts to keep his balance. Many people have made futile attempts to swim from England to France. An instance of futile classicism…is the… …

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  • 96fu´tile|ly — fu|tile «FYOO tuhl», adjective. 1. not successful; useless; vain: »He fell down after making futile attempts to keep his balance. Many people have made futile attempts to swim from England to France. An instance of futile classicism…is the… …

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  • 97fu|tile — «FYOO tuhl», adjective. 1. not successful; useless; vain: »He fell down after making futile attempts to keep his balance. Many people have made futile attempts to swim from England to France. An instance of futile classicism…is the conventional… …

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  • 99Monkey Business (band) — Monkey Business in 2010 Monkey Business is a Czech funk band. It is one of the projects of its leader Roman Holý, the other being J.A.R.. Contents …

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  • 100François Bernouard — (1884 1948) fut un éditeur français du début du XXe siècle, également poète et dramaturge. Sommaire 1 François Bernouard éditeur 2 Production de l éditeur …

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