unavailing :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

adj. producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt"

adj. not producing an intended effect; "an ineffective teacher"; "ineffective legislation"

adj. failing to accomplish an intended result; "an abortive revolt"; "a stillborn plot to assassinate the President"

adj. unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"

adj. lacking in usefulness or value; "a worthless idler"

adj. not producing or capable of producing; "elimination of high-cost or unproductive industries"

adj. not producing desired results; "the talks between labor and management were unproductive"

adj. not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome

adj. producing little or no profit or gain; "deposits abandoned by mining companies as unprofitable"

adj. without offspring; "in some societies a childless woman is rejected by her tribesmen"

adj. certain to fail; "the situation is hopeless"

adj. without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success; "in an agony of hopeless grief"; "with a hopeless sigh he sat down"

adj. not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with; "an impossible dream"; "an impossible situation"

adj. thrown away; "wearing someone's cast-off clothes"; "throwaway children living on the streets"; "salvaged some thrown-away furniture"

adj. not worth using

adj. not capable of being used

adj. being of use or service; "the girl felt motherly and useful"; "a useful job"; "a useful member of society"

adj. exerting or capable of exerting strong physiological or chemical effects"a potent toxin"; "potent liquor"