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

From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2023

Infants typically don’t take kindly to anything covering their nose or mouth, so the baby-sized balaclava we sourced was of no avail.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2022

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

Wealth, station, honor, prospects, are of no avail!

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various

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