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- Dictionaryunavailing/ˌʌnəˈveɪlɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. achieving little or nothing; ineffective: "their efforts were unavailing"
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UNAVAILING definition: 1. When an attempt to do something is unavailing, it is unsuccessful or has no positive effect: 2…. Learn more.
un· avail· ing ˌən-ə-ˈvā-liŋ. Synonyms of unavailing. : not availing : futile, useless. unavailingly. ˌən-ə-ˈvā-liŋ-lē. adverb. unavailingness noun. Synonyms. abortive. barren. bootless. empty. fruitless. futile. ineffective. ineffectual. inefficacious. otiose. profitless. unproductive. unprofitable. unsuccessful. useless. vain.
When your efforts are ineffective, they're unavailing. A teacher's unavailing attempt to keep your class quiet means that the noise continues, and an underdog basketball team's unavailing struggle to make up the ten-point lag at halftime means they ultimately lose the game.
UNAVAILING meaning: 1. When an attempt to do something is unavailing, it is unsuccessful or has no positive effect: 2…. Learn more.
Definition of unavailing adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Unavailing definition: ineffectual; futile.. See examples of UNAVAILING used in a sentence.
An unavailing attempt to do something does not succeed. Efforts to reach the people named in the report proved unavailing. He died after a brave but unavailing fight against a terminal illness.
Define unavailing. unavailing synonyms, unavailing pronunciation, unavailing translation, English dictionary definition of unavailing. adj. Not availing; ineffectual or useless: "I knew that resistance was hopeless, and complaint unavailing" .
Unavailing definition: Not availing; ineffectual or useless.
An unavailing attempt to do something does not succeed. Efforts to reach the people proved unavailing. Synonyms: useless , unsuccessful , ineffective , futile More Synonyms of unavailing
