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[syn: futile, ineffectual, otiose, unavailing]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Unavailing \Unavailing\
Ineffective in achieving the desired result; ineffectual;
futile; of no use; useless; pointless.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
unavailing
adj 1: producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the
therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an
unavailing attempt" [syn: futile, ineffectual,
otiose, unavailing]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "unavailing":
abortive, aimless, barren, bootless, counterproductive, effete,
empty, etiolated, fatuitous, fatuous, feckless, fruitless, futile,
impotent, inadequate, inane, ineffective, ineffectual,
inefficacious, inoperative, invalid, meaningless, no go, nugacious,
nugatory, of no force, of no use, pointless, purposeless, sterile,
superfluous, unavailable, unproductive, useless, vain