of no avail

Of or having very little or no benefit, efficacy, or effect. We did our best to keep Sarah from finding out about her dad, but it was of no avail. I protested of no avail to keep Jeff in the company.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Garfield	['ga:fi:ld]
Salvator	-	Late Roman
Hiwot	-	Eastern African, Amharic
Rodolf	RO-dawlf (German)	German (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Kendal	['kendəl]
Diederich	DEE-de-rikh	German (Archaic)