utterly fruitless
Frequency: 7.718.9 per million words
A strong emphasis on the total lack of success.
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Examples (10)
- Despite hours of tracking, the search proved utterly fruitless.
- Their late-night negotiations were utterly fruitless.
- His repeated attempts have been utterly fruitless so far.
- The committee’s effort to reach consensus seemed utterly fruitless.
- After canvassing the neighborhood, our search remained utterly fruitless.
- She made one last endeavour, but it turned out utterly fruitless.
- The exercise of revising the policy proved utterly fruitless in practice.
- I sent dozens of emails; every effort was utterly fruitless.
- In hindsight, their legal attempt was utterly fruitless and costly.
- Without new evidence, further negotiations will be utterly fruitless.