to no avail en · ADP
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) With no success or benefit; unsuccessfully; to no effect.
Germany huffed and switched angles and went wide, slinging in crosses, and finally sending on Der Targetman, Mario Gomez, for the last 11 minutes. To no avail, as Mexico held on for a sensational win against the defending champions.
2018 June 17, Barney Ronay, “Mexico’s Hirving Lozano stuns world champions Germany for brilliant win”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2019:
Relateds
of no avail · to little avail · to no end
Translations (10)
fr sans succès (unsuccessfully) · fr en vain (unsuccessfully) · el μάταια (unsuccessfully) · pl bez skutku (unsuccessfully) · el εις μάτην (unsuccessfully) · fi turhaan (unsuccessfully) · ru безуспе́шно (unsuccessfully) · ru безрезульта́тно (unsuccessfully) · fi tuloksetta (unsuccessfully) · ar دون جدوى (unsuccessfully)