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unavailing

[uhn-uh-vey-ling] / ˌʌn əˈveɪ lɪŋ /


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The speech will thrill those for whom the glories of patriotic battle can never dim, and will chill those who do not think themselves less patriotic because they find war an ugly and unavailing abomination.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2023

Repeated attempts to reach Bishop Zurek and his spokesman were unavailing, and the diocese did not respond to an emailed request for comment.

From Washington Times • Dec. 22, 2022

But despite said indignities, Italian Americans’ quest for affirmative action has been mostly unavailing.

From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2022

Equally unavailing is the majority’s reliance on the Proclamation’s waiver program.

From Slate • Jun. 26, 2018

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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