Oxford logo
Toggle navigation
Redeem
Upgrade
Help
Sign in
Dictionaries
Dictionaries home
English
American English
Academic
Collocations
German-English
Grammar
Grammar home
Practical English Usage
Learn & Practise Grammar (Beta)
Word Lists
Word Lists home
My Word Lists
Topics
Recent additions
Resources
Resources home
Text Checker
Sign in
Dictionaries
Dictionaries home
English
American English
Academic
Collocations
German-English
Grammar
Grammar home
Practical English Usage
Learn & Practise Grammar (Beta)
Word Lists
Word Lists home
My Word Lists
Topics
Recent additions
Resources
Resources home
Text Checker
Redeem
Upgrade
Help
TOP
English
English
American English
Academic English
Collocations
Practical English Usage
German-English
English-German
English
American English
Enter search text
Definition of
unavailing adjective
from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
unavailing
adjective
/ˌʌnəˈveɪlɪŋ/
/ˌʌnəˈveɪlɪŋ/
(formal)
jump to other results
without success
synonym
unsuccessful
Their efforts were unavailing.
Topics
Difficulty and failure
c2
See
unavailing
in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
Check pronunciation:
unavailing
Nearby words
unavailability
noun
unavailable
adjective
unavailing
adjective
unavoidable
adjective
unavoidably
adverb
flabbergasted
adjective
From the
Topic
Feelings
C2
Oxford Learner's Dictionaries Word of the Day