for naught

Yes, you need professional, well designed visuals. But it is all for naught if you do not have a deep, heartfelt belief in your topic.

Now I wondered if it was all for naught.

Washington has done little, and some analysts believe that even earnest attempts to help would be for naught.

But these steps were all for naught -- Seoul refused to lift the ban.

None of this means that the expansion of Chinese forestry is for naught.

Thank goodness my fears were all for naught.

Therefore let your visit to that temple invisible be for naught but ecstasy and sweet communion.

But so far their efforts have been for naught.

Sceptics are right that if China does not reciprocate, our domestic efforts will be for naught.

But my tangle of half-truths was all for naught.

But his push may be for naught: Americans have become allergic to spending.

But soon after he got them, it turned out that it was for naught.

I was betrothed some years ago. . . . . . but tragedy snatched my young bride away. When one lives alone, wealth counts for naught.

However, his brief tenure in academia was not for naught.

If you love me, let it be for naught, except for love's sake only. ----Browning.

They push thee and pass thee by on the dusty road, taking thee for naught.

It could all have been for naught.

If you must love me, let it be for naught. Except for love's sake only. --E. B. Browning.

If we are tense, then the doing of the nothing is really for naught.