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Arabic word

دون جدوى

pointlessly uselessly

Type
Adverbial Phrase

Example

سعى دون جدوى.

He strove pointlessly.

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يجدر بي الذهاب من هنا أفضل من أن أتحدث من دون جدوى I'd better leave here than talk in vain.
دون جدوى لأننا نكون قد غشينا أنفسنا In vain, because we would have deceived ourselves.
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Words from the same root

ج د و

Arabic words grow from roots. These words share the root of دون جدوى, so their meanings are related: learn them together.

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