to little avail



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.
See also: avail, little

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Moa-Swedish
Rachna-Indian, Hindi, Marathi
AydinIE-dinTurkish
BarretBAR-ətEnglish (Rare)
Halvor-Norwegian
Steaphan-Scottish