unavailing
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əˈveɪ adjective
ineffectual; futile.
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unavailing (ˌʌnəˈveɪlɪŋ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| useless or futile | |
| una'vailingly | |
| —adv | |
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Unavailing
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Example sentences
Defendants have advanced several bases for removal, all of which are unavailing.
Respondent's argument that general safety concerns permitted it to override the distance limits in its policy is unavailing.
If he is an heir of wrath, his exertions must be unavailing.
Further, this is unavailing, lazy and abrogates any responsibility of the elected.
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