a. (S.), ) Answering no purpose, fruitless, unprofitable, vain, useless;—ad. Without design, in vain:—akárath jáṉá, v. n. To be wasted, to be turned to no account:—kise dá dhaṉ okí kháe pápí dá mál akárath jáe. One uses the wealth of another but the sinner's (miser's) wealth is useless.