to little avail

Having or with very little or no benefit, efficacy, or effect. We did our best to keep Sarah from finding out about her dad, but to little avail. All my protesting over the decision to fire Jeff was to little avail.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Othniel	AWTH-nee-əl (English)	Biblical
Stu	STOO, STYOO	English
Danica	-	Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Slovak, Czech, Macedonian, English
Patience	['peiʃəns]
Marshall	MAHR-shəl	English
Ruthie	ROOTH-ee	English