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单词 unavailingness
释义

unavailing

adjective

un·​avail·​ing ˌən-ə-ˈvā-liŋ How to pronounce unavailing (audio)
: not availing : futile, useless
unavailingly
ˌən-ə-ˈvā-liŋ-lē How to pronounce unavailing (audio)
adverb
unavailingness noun

Synonyms

  • abortive
  • barren
  • bootless
  • empty
  • fruitless
  • futile
  • ineffective
  • ineffectual
  • inefficacious
  • otiose
  • profitless
  • unproductive
  • unprofitable
  • unsuccessful
  • useless
  • vain
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Example Sentences

an unavailing effort to avert a war
Recent Examples on the Web The position advanced by the states is legally unavailing as a matter of longstanding and well-established law. 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

Word History

First Known Use

1670, in the meaning defined above

unavailingness

noun

as in abortiveness

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • abortiveness
  • bootlessness
  • unprofitableness
  • inefficaciousness
  • unprofitability
  • fruitlessness
  • vanity
  • deficiency
  • otioseness
  • ineffectualness
  • ineffectiveness
  • barrenness
  • inefficacy
  • inadequateness
  • ineffectuality
  • emptiness
  • inadequacy
  • hopelessness
  • insufficiency
  • inaneness
  • futility
  • meaninglessness
  • pointlessness
  • nonsuccess
  • setback
  • uselessness
  • disappointment
  • defeat
  • collapse
  • letdown
  • senselessness
  • nonachievement
  • cropper
  • failure
  • fizzle
  • crash

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • use
  • service
  • benefit
  • usefulness
  • utility
  • assistance
  • advantage
  • aid
  • avail
  • help
  • gain
  • success
  • serviceableness
  • account
  • victory
  • mileage
  • serviceability
  • value
  • relevance
  • accomplishment
  • achievement
  • win
  • applicability
  • profit
  • worth
  • fitness
  • appropriateness
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