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Hungarian
Etymology
hiába + való
Pronunciation
Adjective
hiábavaló (comparative hiábavalóbb, superlative leghiábavalóbb)
- useless, vain, futile
- Synonyms: céltalan, értelmetlen, hasztalan, kilátástalan
Declension
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Further reading
- hiábavaló in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN