as in unsuccessful
producing no results
a bootless effort to get tickets to the sold-out game
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More than a decade ago, her association sought the same change at the federal level and was unsuccessful — opposed at the time by Wine Institute.
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The city had taken it over, but several attempts at renovation were unsuccessful, until Alan Leventhal, chief executive of Beacon Capital Partners, happened to see the building and envisioned it as a great hotel.
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Uso’s conquest proved to be futile.
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Some days that hope can seem futile.
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The six Republican appointees said those protections were effectively useless and not binding.
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Most of the information is useless.
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On Saturday, Durant reaffirmed his stance that the question of his and other superstars’ effort was an unavailing narrative to explore every February.
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The position advanced by the states is legally unavailing as a matter of longstanding and well-established law.
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“Bootless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bootless. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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