come to naught

To be totally unsuccessful or amount to nothing. Our efforts to keep the farm came to naught in the end. All those hours I spent researching my graduate thesis have come to naught.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lyman	['laimən]
Milodrag	-	Medieval Slavic (Hypothetical)
Nancy	['nænsi]
Sanela	-	Croatian
Oziel	-	Biblical Greek
Johanne	zho-AN (French), yo-HAHN-ne (Danish)	French, Danish, Norwegian, Medieval French