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
Mtendere	mten-DAY-ray	Southern African, Chewa
Hirah	-	Biblical
Ganizani	gah-nee-ZAH-nee	Southern African, Chewa
Eva	E-vah (Spanish, Italian, Danish), EE-və (English), E-fah (German), AY-vah (Dutch)	Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, English, Czech, Slovak, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Ice
Yseult	-	French (Rare)
Milagros	mee-LAH-gros	Spanish