Unavailing – Achieving little or nothing; ineffective

(Pronounced uh-nuh-vay-ling)

To remember the definition of the word unavailing, use the following mnemonic:

The toy was unavailable despite waiting (unavailing) two weeks in the queue, achieving nothing. 

Examples of unavailing in a sentence

After many unavailing escape attempts, he was still no closer to breaking out of prison. 

Her many piano lessons were unavailing, she was still terrible. 

Their protests proved unavailing, they were still made to wash all the dishes.