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an unavailing effort to avert a war
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The position advanced by the states is legally unavailing as a matter of longstanding and well-established law.
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WSJ, 25 July 2018
Efforts to aid him with lifeboats, three of which were ineffectually trying to breast the heavy sea, were unavailing, while a lifeline, held by a number of rescuers, was carried far out into the surf by a number of swimmers.
—sandiegouniontribune.com, 6 May 2018
American demands for an end to the North Korean nuclear program have proved unavailing.
—Henry A. Kissinger, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2017
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WSJ, 25 July 2018
Efforts to aid him with lifeboats, three of which were ineffectually trying to breast the heavy sea, were unavailing, while a lifeline, held by a number of rescuers, was carried far out into the surf by a number of swimmers.
—sandiegouniontribune.com, 6 May 2018
American demands for an end to the North Korean nuclear program have proved unavailing.
—Henry A. Kissinger, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2017
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“Unavailing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unavailing. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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unavailing
adjective
un·avail·ing
ˌən-ə-ˈvā-liŋ 
: of no use : not successful : futile
unavailingly
adverb
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