to little or no purpose
adverb
Roget 732: unsuccessfully etc. adj.; to little or no purpose, in vain, re infecta [Lat.].
Roget 645: uselessly etc. adj.; to little purpose, to no purpose, to little or no purpose.
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adverb
Roget 732: unsuccessfully etc. adj.; to little or no purpose, in vain, re infecta [Lat.].
Roget 645: uselessly etc. adj.; to little purpose, to no purpose, to little or no purpose.
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