| count 1 | ~ for /little, nothing/, sia-sia sahaja: all his work ~s for nothing, segala kerjanya sia-sia sahaja; ~ for much, dianggap penting: money ~s for much in our society, wang dianggap penting dlm masyarakat kita; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| futile | adj 1. ineffectual, vain, sia-sia: his ~ attempts to escape, percubaannya yg sia-sia utk melarikan diri; 2. useless, frivolous, tdk berguna. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| futility | n 1. ineffectiveness, kesia-siaan; 2. lack of purpose, kesia-siaan: the ~ of her life, kesia-siaan hidupnya; 3. st futile, approp n + sia-sia: he considers parties and dances to be complete futilities, dia menganggap majlis keramaian dan majlis tari-menari sbg perbuatan sia-sia belaka. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| fruitless | adj 1. bearing no fruit, tdk berbuah: 2. having no result, tdk berhasil, sia-sia. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| barren | adj 1. sterile, a. (of female) mandul; b. (of plant) jantan; c. (of land) tandus, gersang; 2. unproductive, tandus: a ~ period in a writer’s life, masa yg tandus dlm kehidupan penulis; 3. unprofitable, sia-sia, tdk /bermanfaat, berfaedah, mendatangkan hasil/: a ~ argument, perdebatan yg sia-sia; 4. dull, membosankan: a ~ play, lakonan yg membosankan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| idle | adj 1. unoccupied, tdk berbuat apa-apa, duduk-duduk sahaja, bermalas-malas: he hated being ~, dia tdk suka duduk-duduk sahaja; 2. without employment, menganggur: the factory closed and left hundreds of workers ~, kilang itu ditutup dan beratus-ratus pekerja menganggur; 3. not operating or being used productively, terbiar; lie ~, tinggal terbiar: the tractors were lying ~, traktor itu tinggal terbiar; 4. lazy, malas: an ~ worker, pekerja yg malas; 5. futile, sia-sia: an ~ effort, usaha yg sia-sia; 6. trivial, kosong: ~ chit-chat, perbualan kosong; ~ thoughts, angan-angan kosong; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| beseech | vt 1. ask earnestly for, sangat-sangat memohon: they besought our help, mereka sangat-sangat memohon pertolongan kami; 2. plead with, merayu kpd: she besought her father in vain, dia merayu kpd bapanya tetapi sia-sia saja; he besought his captors for mercy, dia merayu kpd orang-orang yg menawannya utk mendapatkan belas kasihan mereka; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| brick | n 1. rectangular block for building purposes, (batu) bata: a house made of red ~s, rumah yg dibuat drpd bata merah; a ~ wall, tembok bata; 2. block (of st) bata: a ~ of ice, sebata ais; 3. (UK) child’s rectangular block, bongkah; 4. (sl) good, helpful person, (orang yg) baik betul; 5. see BRICK RED; /knock, hit, run/ o’s head against a ~ wall, membuat kerja yg sia-sia; come down on so. like a ton of ~s, mengamuk dgn sso: when he found out that we had broken his window, he came down on us like a ton of ~s, apabila dia dapat tahu kami telah memecahkan cermin tingkapnya, dia mengamuk dgn kami; drop a ~, (sl) buat silap; make ~s without straw, membuat kerja tanpa bahan yg cukup; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| goad | vt 1. urge on with a goad, menggiring, menghalau: they ~ed the cattle into the pen, mereka menghalau lembu ke dlm kandang; 2. (provoke) mengapi-apikan; (annoy) memanaskan [hati sso]; (spur, urge) merangsang: the demonstrators were trying to ~ the soldiers into reacting to their taunts, penunjuk-penunjuk perasaan itu mencuba mengapi-apikan askar-askar itu supaya bertindak balas thdp ejekan mereka; their disregard of discipline ~ed the sports teacher into fury, sikap mereka yg tdk mempedulikan disiplin itu memanaskan hati guru sukan sehingga berang; his attempts to ~ his lazy friend into action had proved to be futile, usahanya utk merangsang kawannya yg pemalas itu supaya bertindak sia-sia saja; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| deal | n 1. usu a /good, great/ ~ of, a. indefinite amount, banyak: a good ~ of money, banyak wang; a great ~ of effort has been wasted on the project, banyak usaha tersia-sia sahaja krn projek itu; /spend, take/ a great ~ of trouble (to do st) telah bersusah payah (membuat sst); b. indefinite degree, amat, sangat, sungguh; (of difference) besar: to cause so. a good ~ of worry, menyebabkan sso merasa amat risau; to suffer a great ~ of pain, mengalami kesakitan yg amat sangat; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |