Dictionary entry
Unicycle
Pronunciation: /ˈjuːnɪsʌɪk(ə)l/
Pronunciation
/ˈjuːnɪsʌɪk(ə)l/
Myanmar Meaning
ဘားကျွမ်းသမားများစီးသည့် တစ်ဘီးတည်းပါရှိသည့် စက်ဘီး။
Definition
unavailing / ʌnǝ'veÇlÇŋ / adj ( fml ) အေဟာသိကံ။ အခ်ည္းႏီွး။ အလကား။ All our efforts were unavailing.
Examples
- ‘Detroit Aircraft's frantic efforts to regain stability were unavailing and
- in October
- the corporation floundered into receivership.’
- ‘Inquiries made of the sellers and their forwarding agents after the event were unavailing because they were either elusive or unco-operative or both.’
- ‘When their controls proved unavailing
- and the charges failed to meet their exacting code of conduct
- they could be seen meting out punishments that were also immoderate
- disproportionate to the supposed offense.’
- ‘I have taken the other side of the unavailing inflation ‘debate
- ’ arguing that inflation is anything but dead and bond prices anything but a sure bet.’
- ‘This has been compounded by an unavailing resort to extreme force in the most heated zones of engagement.’
- ‘It is still unclear whether virtual education is really less expensive
- and attempts to assess comprehensively the effectiveness of educational programs have been unavailing.’
- ‘Years of strenuous effort to prove the case have been unavailing.’
- ‘Henry
- their eldest child
- grew up on their small selection
- witnessing his father's unavailing struggle to make a living as a farmer and prospector
- and the slow disintegration of his parents' marriage.’
- ‘The reformist road to socialism was unavailing
- but the reformist road to a more humane capitalism doesn't look much more hopeful.’
- ‘Cambridge did not grant women degrees until 1948
- but in March 1897 Maitland delivered a superb if unavailing address favoring the women's cause.’
- ‘Monty did make a magnificent eagle at the final hole - his approach finished no more than a yard from the cup - to haul himself up to an unavailing eight-over par.’
- ‘Tens of thousands of fruit flies have come and gone in laboratory experiments
- and every last one of them has remained a fruit fly to the end
- all efforts to see the miracle of speciation unavailing.’
- ‘And third
- we have rights where ordinary economic and political levers of change prove unavailing in efforts to improve individual well-being.’
- ‘The second response to the sterility objection - that a procreation requirement would be unduly intrusive - is equally unavailing.’
- ‘My own search for this has proven unavailing
- so I thought I'd call on my readers' knowledge in this matter.’
- ‘And maybe they are especially corrupting when they are unavailing: Suppose your ex-con doesn't care
- and won't behave.’
- ‘Having rejected an unavailing reformist road to socialism
- they now believed they had reformed capitalism substantially enough that the interests of workers and capitalists coincided.’
- ‘The students' petition proved unavailing
- as were Professor Day's own efforts to persuade the administration to reconsider its position.’
- ‘Finally
- when that proved unavailing
- I put my hand on the punk's chest
- shoved him off his board
- and finished out my ride.’
- ‘The ‘last’ in last resort can mean ‘only
- ’ in circumstances where there is plausible reason to believe that nonmilitary actions are unavailable or unavailing.’