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unsuccessful
/,ənsək'sɛsfəl/
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  1. adjective
    failing to accomplish an intended result

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    abortive stillborn unfruitful
  2. adjective
    not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome

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    done for down-and-out empty-handed foiled frustrated goalless hitless no-win out pointless ruined scoreless self-defeating sunk thwarted undone unfulfilled unplaced unrealised unrealized unrewarded washed-up winless attempted defeated disappointed discomfited
    Opposite:
    successful
Definition that contains unsuccessful
  • out out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election
  • brown abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859)
  • fail be unsuccessful
  • disappointed disappointingly unsuccessful
  • defeat an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
  • defeated disappointingly unsuccessful
  • attempted tried unsuccessfully
  • boxer a member of a nationalistic Chinese secret society that led an unsuccessful rebellion in 1900 against foreign interests in China
  • frustrated disappointingly unsuccessful
  • licking an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
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