8
vainly(adverb, senselessly, uselessly, unsuccessfully, emptily)
7
uselessly(adverb, senselessly, unsuccessfully, unnecessarily)
5
aimlessly(adverb, senselessly, uselessly, emptily)
5
fruitlessly(adverb, unsuccessfully)
5
futilely(adverb, unsuccessfully)
5
needlessly(adverb, unreasonably, senselessly, randomly, uselessly)
4
inanely
4
purposelessly
4
unnecessarily
3
bootlessly
3
dully
3
emptily
3
hollowly(adverb, emptily)
3
ineffectually(adverb, unsuccessfully)
2
futily
2
gratuitously(adverb, unnecessarily)
2
idly(adverb, emptily)
2
meaninglessly
2
nonsensically
2
senselessly
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