to little purpose

Also, to no purpose. Of little or no use, in vain, as in Hiring a new lawyer will be to little purpose. The related phrases are sometimes combined in to little or no purpose and used as a general indicator of futility. To little purpose was first recorded in 1560. For a synonym, see to no avail; also see to good purpose.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Read	REED	English (Rare)
Gilberta	khil-BER-tah (Dutch), jeel-BER-tah (Italian)	Dutch, Italian
Origenes	-	Ancient Greek
Hubert	HYOO-bərt (English), HOO-bert (German), HUY-bərt (Dutch), uy-BER (French), HUW-bert (Polish)	English, German, Dutch, French, Polish, Ancient Germanic
Eran	-	Biblical
Annis	['ænis]