u
na
vai
ling
Comparative
more unavailing
Superlative
most unavailing
1
resulting in little or no effect or success
- Despite her unavailing attempts to convince him to stay, he decided to leave the company.
- His unavailing efforts to save the failing business ultimately resulted in bankruptcy.
- The firefighters' unavailing struggle to control the blaze left the building completely destroyed.
- She made several unavailing pleas for mercy, but the judge upheld the original sentence.
- Their unavailing search for the missing hiker ended in disappointment as nightfall approached.
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