Definitions for unavailingˌʌn əˈveɪ lɪŋ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

un•a•vail•ingˌʌn əˈveɪ lɪŋ(adj.)

  1. ineffectual; futile:

    unavailing efforts.

Origin of unavailing:

1660–70

un`a•vail′ing•ly(adv.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. futile, ineffectual, otiose, unavailing(adj)

    producing no result or effect

    "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt"

Wiktionary

  1. unavailing(Adjective)

    useless, fruitless, futile


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