1. Attempts Wednesday to speak to representatives of the teamsters were unavailing . 2. Efforts to reach Greene Monday and over the weekend were unavailing . 3. The majority's reliance on recidivist statutes is thus unavailing . 4. Calls to Schuerholz's office Tuesday seeking comment were unavailing . 5. Her mother's complaints to school authorities proved unavailing . 6. The jogger case was the second of his unavailing efforts. 7. All further resistance, it was now obvious, would prove unavailing . 8. Deathbed attempts to induce him to return them were unavailing . 9. Dr Rogerson obeyed, but all his skill was unavailing . 10. For weeks, the efforts to close the crevasse had proven unavailing .