7
fruitlessly(adverb, unsuccessfully)
6
pointlessly(adverb, unsuccessfully)
5
futilely(adverb, unsuccessfully)
5
ineffectively
5
vainly(adverb, unsuccessfully)
4
ineffectually(adverb, unsuccessfully)
4
needlessly
4
unsuccessfully(adverb, unsuccessfully)
3
abortively(adverb, unsuccessfully)
3
impractically
3
unnecessarily(adverb, needlessly)
2
bootlessly
2
futily
2
hopelessly
2
idly
2
unavailingly
2
unprofitably
2
unserviceably
2
unworkably
2
worthlessly
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