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un-availing
adjective as in incongruous
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- alien
- conflicting
- disconsonant
- discordant
- disparate
- distorted
- divergent
- extraneous
- fantastic
- fitful
- foreign
- illogical
- improper
- inapropos
- inapt
- incongruent
- inconsistent
- irreconcilable
- irregular
- jumbled
- lopsided
- mismatched
- out of keeping
- rambling
- shifting
- twisted
- unavailing
- unbalanced
- unbecoming
- unconnected
- uncoordinated
- uneven
- unintelligible
- unpredictable
- unrelated
- unsuitable
- unsuited
adjective as in ineffective/ineffectual
Weak matches
- abortive
- anticlimactic
- barren
- bootless
- defeasible
- feckless
- feeble
- forceless
- fruitless
- futile
- idle
- impotent
- inadequate
- incompetent
- indecisive
- inefficacious
- inefficient
- inept
- inferior
- innocuous
- inoperative
- invertebrate
- lame
- limited
- neutralized
- nugatory
- null
- null and void
- paltry
- powerless
- spineless
- unable
- unavailing
- unfruitful
- unproductive
- unprofitable
- unsuccessful
- vain
- void
- withered
- worthless
adjective as in null
adjective as in pointless
Strongest matches
adjective as in useless
Strongest matches
adjective as in vain
Weak matches
- abortive
- barren
- bootless
- delusive
- delusory
- empty
- going nowhere
- hollow
- idle
- in vicious circle
- inefficacious
- insignificant
- misleading
- no-win
- not a prayer
- nugatory
- on a treadmill
- otiose
- paltry
- pointless
- profitless
- puny
- senseless
- shuck
- slight
- sterile
- time-wasting
- trifling
- unavailing
- unimportant
- unnotable
- unproductive
- unprofitable
- valueless
- void
- worthless
adjective as in worthless
Strongest matches
adjective as in ineffective
Strongest matches
adjective as in bootless
adjective as in ineffectual
adjective as in nugatory
adjective as in unprofitable
adjective as in incongruent
Weak matches
- alien
- bizarre
- conflicting
- contradictory
- disconsonant
- discordant
- discrepant
- disparate
- dissonant
- distorted
- divergent
- extraneous
- fantastic
- fitful
- foreign
- illogical
- improper
- inappropriate
- inapropos
- inapt
- incoherent
- incompatible
- inconsistent
- irreconcilable
- irregular
- jumbled
- lopsided
- mismatched
- out of keeping
- rambling
- shifting
- twisted
- unavailing
- unbalanced
- unbecoming
- unconnected
- uncoordinated
- uneven
- unintelligible
- unpredictable
- unrelated
- unsuitable
- unsuited
adjective as in inefficacious
Weak matches
- abortive
- anticlimactic
- barren
- bootless
- defeasible
- feckless
- feeble
- forceless
- fruitless
- futile
- idle
- impotent
- inadequate
- incompetent
- indecisive
- ineffective
- inefficient
- inept
- inferior
- innocuous
- inoperative
- invertebrate
- lame
- limited
- neutralized
- nugatory
- null
- null and void
- paltry
- powerless
- spineless
- unable
- unavailing
- unfruitful
- unproductive
- unprofitable
- unsuccessful
- useless
- vain
- void
- withered
- worthless
adjective as in inutile
Weak matches
- abortive
- bootless
- counterproductive
- disadvantageous
- dysfunctional
- expendable
- feckless
- fruitless
- futile
- good-for-nothing
- hopeless
- idle
- impracticable
- impractical
- incompetent
- ineffective
- ineffectual
- inept
- inoperative
- meaningless
- no good
- nonfunctional
- of no use
- pointless
- profitless
- purposeless
- scrap
- stupid
- unavailable
- unavailing
- unfunctional
- unproductive
- unprofitable
- unpurposed
- unusable
- unusuable
- unworkable
- vain
- valueless
- waste
- weak
- worthless
adjective as in irremediable
Weak matches
- bad
- beyond recall
- cureless
- cynical
- dejected
- demoralized
- despairing
- desperate
- despondent
- disconsolate
- discouraging
- downhearted
- fatal
- forlorn
- gone
- goner
- helpless
- ill-fated
- impossible
- impracticable
- in despair
- incurable
- irredeemable
- irreparable
- irreversible
- irrevocable
- lost
- menacing
- no-win
- past hope
- pointless
- sad
- shot down
- sinister
- sunk
- threatening
- tragic
- unachievable
- unavailing
- unfortunate
- unmitigable
- up the creek
- useless
- vain
- woebegone
- worsening
adjective as in no-account
Weak matches
- abandoned
- abject
- bogus
- cheap
- contemptible
- counterproductive
- despicable
- drossy
- futile
- ignoble
- inconsequential
- ineffective
- ineffectual
- insignificant
- inutile
- meaningless
- mediocre
- miserable
- no-good
- nugatory
- paltry
- pointless
- profitless
- sterile
- trashy
- trivial
- unavailing
- unessential
- unimportant
- unproductive
- unprofitable
- unusable
- useless
- valueless
- wretched
adjective as in no-good
Weak matches
- abandoned
- abject
- barren
- base
- bogus
- cheap
- contemptible
- counterproductive
- despicable
- drossy
- empty
- futile
- good-for-nothing
- ignoble
- inconsequential
- ineffective
- ineffectual
- inferior
- insignificant
- inutile
- meaningless
- mediocre
- miserable
- no-account
- nothing
- nugatory
- paltry
- pointless
- poor
- profitless
- sterile
- trashy
- trifling
- trivial
- unavailing
- unessential
- unimportant
- unproductive
- unprofitable
- unusable
- useless
- valueless
- waste
- wretched
adjective as in unusable
Strongest matches
adjective as in aimless
Weak matches
- accidental
- any which way
- bits and pieces
- blind
- capricious
- careless
- casual
- chance
- directionless
- drifting
- fanciful
- fickle
- fits and starts
- flighty
- fortuitous
- goalless
- heedless
- hit-or-miss
- indecisive
- irresolute
- objectless
- purposeless
- shiftless
- stray
- thoughtless
- unavailing
- undirected
- unguided
- unplanned
- unpredictable
- vagrant
- wandering
- wanton
- wayward
adjective as in abortive
Strongest matches
adjective as in failing
adjective as in fruitless
adjective as in futile
Strongest matches
adjective as in hollow
adjective as in hopeless
Weak matches
- bad
- beyond recall
- cynical
- dejected
- demoralized
- despairing
- despondent
- disconsolate
- discouraging
- downhearted
- fatal
- gone
- goner
- ill-fated
- impracticable
- in despair
- incurable
- irredeemable
- irreparable
- irreversible
- irrevocable
- lost
- menacing
- no-win
- past hope
- shot down
- sinister
- sunk
- threatening
- unachievable
- unavailing
- unfortunate
- unmitigable
- up the creek
- vain
- woebegone
- worsening
adjective as in idle
adjective as in incongruous
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- alien
- conflicting
- disconsonant
- discordant
- disparate
- distorted
- divergent
- extraneous
- fantastic
- fitful
- foreign
- illogical
- improper
- inapropos
- inapt
- incongruent
- inconsistent
- irreconcilable
- irregular
- jumbled
- lopsided
- mismatched
- out of keeping
- rambling
- shifting
- twisted
- unavailing
- unbalanced
- unbecoming
- unconnected
- uncoordinated
- uneven
- unintelligible
- unpredictable
- unrelated
- unsuitable
- unsuited
adjective as in ineffective/ineffectual
Weak matches
- abortive
- anticlimactic
- barren
- bootless
- defeasible
- feckless
- feeble
- forceless
- fruitless
- futile
- idle
- impotent
- inadequate
- incompetent
- indecisive
- inefficacious
- inefficient
- inept
- inferior
- innocuous
- inoperative
- invertebrate
- lame
- limited
- neutralized
- nugatory
- null
- null and void
- paltry
- powerless
- spineless
- unable
- unavailing
- unfruitful
- unproductive
- unprofitable
- unsuccessful
- vain
- void
- withered
- worthless
adjective as in null
adjective as in pointless
Strongest matches
adjective as in useless
Strongest matches
adjective as in vain
Weak matches
- abortive
- barren
- bootless
- delusive
- delusory
- empty
- going nowhere
- hollow
- idle
- in vicious circle
- inefficacious
- insignificant
- misleading
- no-win
- not a prayer
- nugatory
- on a treadmill
- otiose
- paltry
- pointless
- profitless
- puny
- senseless
- shuck
- slight
- sterile
- time-wasting
- trifling
- unavailing
- unimportant
- unnotable
- unproductive
- unprofitable
- valueless
- void
- worthless
adjective as in worthless
Strongest matches
adjective as in ineffective
Strongest matches
adjective as in bootless
adjective as in ineffectual
adjective as in nugatory
adjective as in unprofitable
adjective as in incongruent
Weak matches
- alien
- bizarre
- conflicting
- contradictory
- disconsonant
- discordant
- discrepant
- disparate
- dissonant
- distorted
- divergent
- extraneous
- fantastic
- fitful
- foreign
- illogical
- improper
- inappropriate
- inapropos
- inapt
- incoherent
- incompatible
- inconsistent
- irreconcilable
- irregular
- jumbled
- lopsided
- mismatched
- out of keeping
- rambling
- shifting
- twisted
- unavailing
- unbalanced
- unbecoming
- unconnected
- uncoordinated
- uneven
- unintelligible
- unpredictable
- unrelated
- unsuitable
- unsuited
adjective as in inefficacious
Weak matches
- abortive
- anticlimactic
- barren
- bootless
- defeasible
- feckless
- feeble
- forceless
- fruitless
- futile
- idle
- impotent
- inadequate
- incompetent
- indecisive
- ineffective
- inefficient
- inept
- inferior
- innocuous
- inoperative
- invertebrate
- lame
- limited
- neutralized
- nugatory
- null
- null and void
- paltry
- powerless
- spineless
- unable
- unavailing
- unfruitful
- unproductive
- unprofitable
- unsuccessful
- useless
- vain
- void
- withered
- worthless
adjective as in inutile
Weak matches
- abortive
- bootless
- counterproductive
- disadvantageous
- dysfunctional
- expendable
- feckless
- fruitless
- futile
- good-for-nothing
- hopeless
- idle
- impracticable
- impractical
- incompetent
- ineffective
- ineffectual
- inept
- inoperative
- meaningless
- no good
- nonfunctional
- of no use
- pointless
- profitless
- purposeless
- scrap
- stupid
- unavailable
- unavailing
- unfunctional
- unproductive
- unprofitable
- unpurposed
- unusable
- unusuable
- unworkable
- vain
- valueless
- waste
- weak
- worthless
adjective as in irremediable
Weak matches
- bad
- beyond recall
- cureless
- cynical
- dejected
- demoralized
- despairing
- desperate
- despondent
- disconsolate
- discouraging
- downhearted
- fatal
- forlorn
- gone
- goner
- helpless
- ill-fated
- impossible
- impracticable
- in despair
- incurable
- irredeemable
- irreparable
- irreversible
- irrevocable
- lost
- menacing
- no-win
- past hope
- pointless
- sad
- shot down
- sinister
- sunk
- threatening
- tragic
- unachievable
- unavailing
- unfortunate
- unmitigable
- up the creek
- useless
- vain
- woebegone
- worsening
adjective as in no-account
Weak matches
- abandoned
- abject
- bogus
- cheap
- contemptible
- counterproductive
- despicable
- drossy
- futile
- ignoble
- inconsequential
- ineffective
- ineffectual
- insignificant
- inutile
- meaningless
- mediocre
- miserable
- no-good
- nugatory
- paltry
- pointless
- profitless
- sterile
- trashy
- trivial
- unavailing
- unessential
- unimportant
- unproductive
- unprofitable
- unusable
- useless
- valueless
- wretched
adjective as in no-good
Weak matches
- abandoned
- abject
- barren
- base
- bogus
- cheap
- contemptible
- counterproductive
- despicable
- drossy
- empty
- futile
- good-for-nothing
- ignoble
- inconsequential
- ineffective
- ineffectual
- inferior
- insignificant
- inutile
- meaningless
- mediocre
- miserable
- no-account
- nothing
- nugatory
- paltry
- pointless
- poor
- profitless
- sterile
- trashy
- trifling
- trivial
- unavailing
- unessential
- unimportant
- unproductive
- unprofitable
- unusable
- useless
- valueless
- waste
- wretched
adjective as in unusable
Strongest matches
adjective as in aimless
Weak matches
- accidental
- any which way
- bits and pieces
- blind
- capricious
- careless
- casual
- chance
- directionless
- drifting
- fanciful
- fickle
- fits and starts
- flighty
- fortuitous
- goalless
- heedless
- hit-or-miss
- indecisive
- irresolute
- objectless
- purposeless
- shiftless
- stray
- thoughtless
- unavailing
- undirected
- unguided
- unplanned
- unpredictable
- vagrant
- wandering
- wanton
- wayward
adjective as in abortive
Strongest matches
adjective as in failing
adjective as in fruitless
adjective as in futile
Strongest matches
adjective as in hollow
adjective as in hopeless
Weak matches
- bad
- beyond recall
- cynical
- dejected
- demoralized
- despairing
- despondent
- disconsolate
- discouraging
- downhearted
- fatal
- gone
- goner
- ill-fated
- impracticable
- in despair
- incurable
- irredeemable
- irreparable
- irreversible
- irrevocable
- lost
- menacing
- no-win
- past hope
- shot down
- sinister
- sunk
- threatening
- unachievable
- unavailing
- unfortunate
- unmitigable
- up the creek
- vain
- woebegone
- worsening
adjective as in idle
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On this page you'll find 1146 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to un-availing, such as: bizarre, contradictory, inappropriate, incoherent, incompatible, and alien.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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