unavailing
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But despite said indignities, Italian Americans’ quest for affirmative action has been mostly unavailing.
From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2022
On the negative side, the crisis has shone a spotlight on London as a magnet for corrupt Russian money and the government’s unavailing efforts to clean it up so far.
From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2022
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
Yet through 1947, Lawrence’s attempts to capture an artificially produced meson on photographic film were unavailing.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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