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

  1. ‘Detroit Aircraft's frantic efforts to regain stability were unavailing and
  2. in October
  3. the corporation floundered into receivership.’
  4. ‘Inquiries made of the sellers and their forwarding agents after the event were unavailing because they were either elusive or unco-operative or both.’
  5. ‘When their controls proved unavailing
  6. and the charges failed to meet their exacting code of conduct
  7. they could be seen meting out punishments that were also immoderate
  8. disproportionate to the supposed offense.’
  9. ‘I have taken the other side of the unavailing inflation ‘debate
  10. ’ arguing that inflation is anything but dead and bond prices anything but a sure bet.’
  11. ‘This has been compounded by an unavailing resort to extreme force in the most heated zones of engagement.’
  12. ‘It is still unclear whether virtual education is really less expensive
  13. and attempts to assess comprehensively the effectiveness of educational programs have been unavailing.’
  14. ‘Years of strenuous effort to prove the case have been unavailing.’
  15. ‘Henry
  16. their eldest child
  17. grew up on their small selection
  18. witnessing his father's unavailing struggle to make a living as a farmer and prospector
  19. and the slow disintegration of his parents' marriage.’
  20. ‘The reformist road to socialism was unavailing
  21. but the reformist road to a more humane capitalism doesn't look much more hopeful.’
  22. ‘Cambridge did not grant women degrees until 1948
  23. but in March 1897 Maitland delivered a superb if unavailing address favoring the women's cause.’
  24. ‘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.’
  25. ‘Tens of thousands of fruit flies have come and gone in laboratory experiments
  26. and every last one of them has remained a fruit fly to the end
  27. all efforts to see the miracle of speciation unavailing.’
  28. ‘And third
  29. we have rights where ordinary economic and political levers of change prove unavailing in efforts to improve individual well-being.’
  30. ‘The second response to the sterility objection - that a procreation requirement would be unduly intrusive - is equally unavailing.’
  31. ‘My own search for this has proven unavailing
  32. so I thought I'd call on my readers' knowledge in this matter.’
  33. ‘And maybe they are especially corrupting when they are unavailing: Suppose your ex-con doesn't care
  34. and won't behave.’
  35. ‘Having rejected an unavailing reformist road to socialism
  36. they now believed they had reformed capitalism substantially enough that the interests of workers and capitalists coincided.’
  37. ‘The students' petition proved unavailing
  38. as were Professor Day's own efforts to persuade the administration to reconsider its position.’
  39. ‘Finally
  40. when that proved unavailing
  41. I put my hand on the punk's chest
  42. shoved him off his board
  43. and finished out my ride.’
  44. ‘The ‘last’ in last resort can mean ‘only
  45. ’ in circumstances where there is plausible reason to believe that nonmilitary actions are unavailable or unavailing.’