Cheap
Vain
Vain adjective - Having no usefulness.
Usage example: having tired of the vain pleasures of life in the fast lane, he returned to the small town he had grown up in
Both words in one sentence
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But meals were nicer; and as for sweets, I won't tell you how cheap and good they were, because it would only make your mouth water in vain.
Source: The Gay Nineties
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