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† insucˈcessful, a. Obs.
[in-3.]
Not successful; unsuccessful.
1646C. Spelman in Spelman's De non temer. Eccl. (ed. 3) To Rdr. a iij b, Although he was not so happy as with Saint Peter at once to convert thousands, yet was he not with him so insuccessefull, as to fish all night and catch nothing. 1683Salmon Doron Med. i. 99 It will prove insuccessful.
Hence † insucˈcessfulness. Obs.
1648W. Jenkyn Blind Guide i. 6 The totall insuccessefulnesse of your Ministry. 1672Grew Philos. Hist. Pl. §4 The acknowledged..Insuccessfulnes of any Mens Undertakings. |