come to naught
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Example Sentences
- "The powers for the original line from Chingford to High Beech having been abandoned with the rest of the Loughton Branch Junction-High Beech line in 1869, another attempt was made in 1882, to extend the line three miles into the heart of the Forest. […] Unfortunately, this scheme also came to naught."