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
TeÓFilo	te-O-fee-lo (Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese
Crescens	-	Late Roman, Biblical Latin
Llinos	LEEN-aws, LIN-aws	Welsh
Celina	tse-LEE-nah	Polish
Ayaulym	-	Kazakh
Baltassar	-	Biblical Latin