にもかかわらず details
despite; in spite of — the fact is established, and what it led you to expect did not follow
十分な準備をしたにもかかわらず、結果は前回と変わらなかった。
juubun na junbi o shita ni mo kakawarazu, kekka wa zenkai to kawaranakatta.
Despite thorough preparation, the result was no different from last time. neutral
定員を超えているにもかかわらず、申し込みはまだ受け付けられている。
teiin o koete iru ni mo kakawarazu, moushikomi wa mada uketsukerarete iru.
Applications are still being accepted even though the capacity has already been exceeded. neutral
Examples
despite; even though — a fact granted as settled, and the consequence it pointed to did not arrive
十分な準備をしたにもかかわらず、結果は前回と変わらなかった。
juubun na junbi o shita ni mo kakawarazu, kekka wa zenkai to kawaranakatta.
Despite thorough preparation, the result was no different from last time. neutral
定員を超えているにもかかわらず、申し込みはまだ受け付けられている。
teiin o koete iru ni mo kakawarazu, moushikomi wa mada uketsukerarete iru.
Applications are still being accepted even though the capacity has already been exceeded. neutral
悪天候にもかかわらず、多くの方にご来場いただきました。
akutenkou ni mo kakawarazu, ooku no kata ni go raijou itadakimashita.
Despite the poor weather, a great many people came to the venue. formal
ご多忙にもかかわらず、ご出席いただき誠にありがとうございます。
go tabou ni mo kakawarazu, go shusseki itadaki makoto ni arigatou gozaimasu.
Thank you very much for attending in spite of how busy you are. formal
Formation
plain clause + にもかかわらずattaches to plain clause{N}にもかかわらずattaches to noun
Notes
(悪天候にもかかわらず). The second clause must defeat the first —
にもかかわらず cannot merely add a further fact.
Related patterns
Similar
のに charges the reversal with the speaker's own grievance or surprise and can trail off as a complaint (…のに。); にもかかわらず is written-formal and affectless, reports the reversal from outside, and instead does what のに cannot — stand at the head of a fresh sentence as a bare connective (…。にもかかわらず、…).
ものの must wedge between two clauses of one sentence and needs a predicate in front of it; にもかかわらず takes a bare noun with no copula at all (悪天候にもかかわらず) and opens sentences on its own, so it covers two positions ものの cannot reach.
Lookalikes
One も apart and not interchangeable — にかかわらず takes a still-open VARIABLE and says its value changes nothing, while にもかかわらず takes an ESTABLISHED fact and says the expected consequence failed to follow; the test is the SHAPE in front, not the tense — にかかわらず needs a dimension noun, a paired Vる／Vない, or かどうか, so a single asserted clause of any tense must take も (×努力したにかかわらず／○努力したにもかかわらず).