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unavailing Definition

un·avail·ing (un′ə vāl)

adjective

not availing; futile; ineffectual

  • unavailability
  • unavailable
  • unavenged
unavailing Related Forms
un′·avail·ingly adverb
unavailing Synonyms

unavailing

modif.

pointless, without results, fruitless; see futile 1, useless 1.

unavailing Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • attempt: In an unavailing late attempt to change the decision, Fisher called on the Prime Minister.
  • effort: Day came, and still Secundra could not be persuaded to desist from his unavailing efforts.

Used with adjective complement

  • prove: Small steps by timid leaders had proved unavailing for a century.

Browse dictionary entries near unavailing

  1. unauthorized
  2. unau
  3. unattended
  4. unattached
  5. unassuming
  6. unassailable
  7. unasked
  8. unarmed
  9. unarm
  10. unapt
  1. unavoidable
  2. unavoidable accident
  3. unaware
  4. unawares
  5. unbacked
  6. unbalance
  7. unbalanced
  8. unballasted
  9. unbar
  10. unbated