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unavailing

[uhn-uh-vey-ling] / ˌʌn əˈveɪ lɪŋ /


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That memo also includes an analysis of why, in the authors’ views, those defenses are generally unavailing with respect to criminal charges.

From Slate Jul. 20, 2023

Mailing documents to the IRS is also often unavailing.

From Washington Post Jan. 12, 2023

Repeated attempts to reach the church and its pastor, Jared Lett, were unavailing.

From Washington Times Dec. 23, 2021

Facebook has said it is instituting a content moderation process via an oversight board, though its efforts to quell hate speech have been unavailing in the recent past.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 9, 2021

The Martians of H. G. Wells and Orson Welles, preoccupied with the suppression of Bournemouth and Jersey City, never noticed until too late that their immunological defenses were unavailing against the microbes of Earth.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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