to no avail

[to no avail] or [of no avail(1)] {adj. phr.}, {formal} Having no effect; useless, unsuccessful.

* /Tom's practicing was of no avail. He was sick on the day of the game./

* /Mary's attempts to learn embroidering were to no avail./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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