Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Unavailing
unavailing, verbal adj. [see avail, v.]
Futile; refractory; wayward; unhelpful; inaccessible; ineffectual; [word play on “not available”] distant; untouchable; unapproachable; [word play on “vail/veil”] hidden; shrouded; concealing; not unveiling.
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