What does sia-sia in Indonesian mean?

What is the meaning of the word sia-sia in Indonesian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use sia-sia in Indonesian.

The word sia-sia in Indonesian means in vain, useless, for nothing. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word sia-sia

in vain

adverb

Aku hanya mau memastikan padamu bahwa tidak semua pengajaran budayamu sia-sia.
Well, I just wanted to reassure you that not all of your cultural indoctrination was in vain.

useless

adjective (unhelpful, pointless)

Sistem peringatan yang tercanggih pun akan sia-sia kalau masyarakat tidak mempedulikannya.
Even the best warning system is useless if people ignore it.

for nothing

adverb

Jika kita kembali sekarang, kematian Ben akan sia-sia.
If we turn back now, Ben's death would be for nothing.

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Tetapi, semua upaya mereka sia-sia.
But all their attempts have failed.
Jadi sedikit waktu, cinta saya, kita harus sia-siakan.
So little time, my love, we mustn't waste it:
Bakat lainmu yang sia-sia.
Another of your wasted talents.
Pernikahan suci bumi dan langit hanya sia-sia oleh gadis desa bodoh yang tidak tahu berterima kasih.
The holy marriage of heaven and earth is wasted on an ignorant and ungrateful peasant girl!
Hadapilah hal-hal dengan tenang dan santai, pungutlah segalanya, jangan biarkan apapun terbuang sia-sia (DBY, 292).
Take things calm and easy, pick up everything, let nothing go to waste (DBY, 292).
Tetapi, hasilnya tidak sia-sia.
The positive results are worth the effort.
Berharap Joyride dengan Anda pacar tidak sia-sia.
Hope the joyride with your boyfriend was worth it.
Sewaktu melihat mereka semua hadir di perhimpunan, saya merasa bahwa pengorbanan untuk datang ke sini tidaklah sia-sia.”
When I see them all at Christian meetings, I feel that the sacrifice of coming here was worth it.”
Namun kita harus memperluas akses kepada pendidikan di seluruh dunia guna menjamin upaya mereka tidak tersia-sia.
But we must broaden the availability of education worldwide to ensure that their efforts are not in vain.
Apa pun informasi yang ada di chip yang sia-sia tanpa perangkat pemutaran.
Whatever information is on that chip is useless without the playback device.
Nama saudaranya adalah Candace Flynn, yang mencoba mengungkapkan ciptaan mereka yang keterlaluan, tapi sia-sia saja.
His sister's name is Candace Flynn, who tries to reveal their outrageous creations, but to no avail.
Kebahagiaan ini sia-sia, karena..
'This happiness is futile, because..'
Bagaimana nubuat Yesaya menggambarkan betapa sia-sianya penyembahan berhala?
How is the absolute futility of idol worship described?
Sia-sia saja penduduknya ”memurnikan” diri mereka menurut ritus-ritus kafir.
It is to no avail that her citizens “purify” themselves according to pagan rites.
Dalam sekejap, seluruh hidupmu, semua hari-hari membosankan dan memalukan, sia-sia.
In a flash, your whole life all those days of drudgery and humiliation, wasted.
Ayolah, Yah, bukankah itu sia-sia saja?
Come on, Dad, isn't this a little futile?
Mencetak lebih banyak uang sia-sia saja—ini mengetatkan cengkeraman yang mematikan dari inflasi dunia.
Simply printing more money is a futile ploy —it merely tightens the death grip of world inflation.
2 Saudara-saudara, kalian sendiri pasti tahu bahwa kunjungan kami kepada kalian tidak sia-sia.
2 You yourselves surely know, brothers, that our visit to you has not been without results.
Alkitab mengatakan bahwa kita ”ditaklukkan kepada kesia-siaan” berlawanan dengan kehendak kita.
The Bible says that we were “subjected to futility” against our will.
Setelah negosiasi terbukti sia-sia, mereka memblokade pelabuhan, dan naik ke Clémentine, dan membawa Bachelot dan Short darat.
After negotiations proved futile, they blockaded the harbor, boarded the Clémentine, and brought Bachelot and Short ashore.
Dia akan mati sia- sia jika misi kita gagal
He' il die in vain if we don' t accomplish our mission
Sia-sia,
That make no sense.
Kisah itu menuturkan perjalanan dan upayanya yang keras namun sia-sia dalam mencari keabadian hidup.
It describes his travels and strenuous but fruitless efforts to attain immortality.
Jangan sia-siakan usaha kamu, John
Don't waste your energy on me, John.
Usaha yang sia - sia bagi Alex Hopper yang mengalami cedera.
It was a very poor attempt by the obviously injured Alex Hopper.

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