of little avail
idiom
: of little use : not very helpful
What I learned then is of little avail to me now.
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Efforts of the volunteer Fire Department to check the flames were of little avail and the fire was permitted to burn itself out.
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But all the outcry was of little avail.
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But all the outcry was of little avail.
—Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 27 Sep. 2021
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“Of little avail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20little%20avail. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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