to little purpose
Also, to no purpose. Of little or no use, in vain, as in Hiring a new lawyer will be to little purpose. The related phrases are sometimes combined in to little or no purpose and used as a general indicator of futility. To little purpose was first recorded in 1560. For a synonym, see to no avail; also see to good purpose.
Words nearby to little purpose
to hand,
to heel,
to hell and gone,
to hell with,
to kill a mockingbird,
to little purpose,
to my mind,
to no avail,
to one's face,
to one's feet,
to one's heart's content