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of no avail

ADJECTIVE
idle
Synonyms
STRONGEST
empty unproductive useless
STRONG
hollow rambling
WEAK
abortive bootless frivolous fruitless futile groundless insignificant irrelevant not serious nugatory otiose pointless superficial trivial unavailing unhelpful unnecessary unsuccessful vain
Antonyms
WEAK
active ambitious busy diligent effective employed hustling important productive used working worthwhile

Example Sentences

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The commission said repeated efforts to reach out to Meta to remove harmful content were of no avail.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 22, 2023

Stays in psychiatric hospitals, he later said, were of no avail.

From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2023

I have encouraged them to think of things they might ask/say to their dad, but according to them, this was of no avail.

From Slate • Mar. 8, 2020

It takes a very clever actress to explore those realms where cleverness will be of no avail.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 7, 2018

The science of medicine bequeathed by Isis to her son Orus was of no avail, and the learned records of Tosorthrus yielded no information.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)