unavailing

• Устаревшее прилагательное, означающее достигающий малого или ничего; неэффективный или тщетный.

An old-fashioned adjective meaning achieving little or nothing; ineffective or futile.

1. Futile or ineffectiveC1formal

   Producing no result or effect; useless or unsuccessful.

   Тщетный

   • All attempts to revive the old tradition proved unavailing.
   • His unavailing efforts to fix the machine only wasted time.
   • The search for the missing treasure was ultimately unavailing.

   Synonymsabortivefruitlessfutileineffectiveineffectualpointlessunproductiveunsuccessfuluselessvain

   Antonymseffectiveefficaciousfruitfulproductivesuccessfuluseful