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Recent Examples of unavailing 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unavailing
Adjective
  • However, these attempts are futile, and such baseless rumors will ultimately be consigned to the dustbin of history.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Impeachment is seen as a largely futile effort, given the near-zero chance that at least 14 Senate Democrats would join Republicans in convicting and removing any of the judges.
    Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Nonetheless, Punk had two very unsuccessful, farcical moments in the Octagon, so there could be some credence to Paul’s thought that White wanted nothing else to do with a crossover fight from a WWE Superstar.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Last May, students barricaded themselves inside the building—after dedicating it to the famed Palestinian painter who died in 2024 following unsuccessful appeals for a medical evacuation from Gaza— amid a rising wave of pro-Palestine demonstrations on college campuses across the United States.
    Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Encryption serves as a critical line of defense by rendering intercepted data useless to unauthorized parties.
    Srikanth Bellamkonda, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Because of this, even areas that are just open fields between pockets of good whitetail habitat, or a stand of mature timber that’s largely useless at this time, might provide medium- to long-range travel routes.
    Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 20 Mar. 2025

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“Unavailing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unavailing. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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