Producing no result or effect:
— An unavailing attempt.

synoniemen: futile, ineffectual, meaningless, otiose.

Roget 645: useless, inutile, inefficacious, futile, unavailing, bootless; inoperative etc. 158; inadequate etc. (insufficient) 640; inservient^†, unsubservient; inept, inefficient etc. (impotent) 158; of no avail etc. (use) 644; ineffectual etc. (failure) 732; incompetent etc. (unskillful) 699; stale, flat and unprofitable;" superfluous etc. (redundant) 641; dispensable; thrown away etc. (wasted) 638; abortive etc. (immature) 674.    worthless, valueless, priceless; unsalable; not worth a straw etc. (trifling) 643, dear at any price.    vain, empty, inane; gainless^†, profitless, fruitless; unserviceable, unprofitable; ill-spent; unproductive etc. 169; hors de combat [Fr.]; effete, past work etc. (impaired) 659; obsolete etc. (old) 124; fit for the dust hole; good for nothing; of no earthly use; not worth having, not worth powder and shot; leading to no end, uncalled for; unnecessary, unneeded.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 732: unsuccessful, successless^†; failing, tripping etc. v.; at fault; unfortunate etc. 735.    abortive, addle, stillborn; fruitless, bootless; ineffectual, ineffective, inconsequential, trifling, nugatory; inefficient etc. (impotent) 158; insufficient etc. 640; unavailing etc. (useless) 645; of no effect.    aground, grounded, swamped, stranded, cast away, wrecked, foundered, capsized, shipwrecked, nonsuited^†; foiled; defeated etc. 731; struck down, borne down, broken down; downtrodden; overborne, overwhelmed; all up with; ploughed, plowed, plucked.    lost, undone, ruined, broken; bankrupt etc. (not paying) 808; played out; done up, done for; dead beat, ruined root and branch, flambe^†, knocked on the head; destroyed etc. 162.    frustrated, crossed, unhinged, disconcerted dashed; thrown off one's balance, thrown on one's back, thrown on one's beam ends^†; unhorsed, in a sorry plight; hard hit.    stultified, befooled^†, dished, hoist on one's own petard; victimized, sacrificed.    wide of the mark etc. (error) 495; out of one's reckoning etc. (inexpectation) 508^†; left in the lurch; thrown away etc. (wasted) 638; unattained; uncompleted etc. 730.    ... meer laten zien

Pools: marny, daremny, nadaremny, próżny