[1580–90; un-1 + success]This word is first recorded in the period 1580–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: academic, critical, motor, reference, stigmaun- is a prefix meaning “not,” freely used as an English formative, giving negative oropposite force in adjectives and their derivative adverbs and nouns (unfair; unfairly; unfairness; unfelt; unseen; unfitting; unformed; unheard-of; un-get-at-able), and less freely used in certain other nouns (unrest; unemployment)
Examples of 'unsuccess' in a sentence
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Before that, there was only the glare of unsuccess, without, evidently, the masterpiece's long but occasionally beneficent shadow.