nequiquam

nēquīquam (better than nēquicquam or nēquidquam) adv.

ne+abl.of quisquam, in vain, to no purpose, fruitlessly : et sero et nequiquam pudet: ausi transire flumen, without reason , Cs.: causas nectis inanes, V.—As an exclamation: nequiquam! L.