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avail

 
 
/əˈveɪl/ noun

Translation

to no avail without success, especially after a lot of effort
beyhude, sonuçsuz, başarısız, boş yere
She sent more than 50 letters, but to no avail.1852
(Definition of avail noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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