n.: futility, useless, vanity, all for naught, of no avail, crooked stick, no good (doing sth.), all for nought, serve no purpose, of no service, unserviceable, feckless, of no use, worthless
v.: no avail
adv.: unsuccessfully
Thesaurus
extreme, absurdness, stink, there is no call for, excess, overabundance, exorbitance, immoderate, futility, avoidance, impropriety, be [fall] wide of the mark (=off the mark, beside the mark), extreme wuxiao, none reason, unfounded, contradict, denial, nullity