Definition of unsuccessfully in English:
unsuccessfully
adverbʌnsəkˈsɛsf(ə)liˌənsəkˈsɛsfəli
In a way that fails to accomplish a desired aim or result.
I have tried unsuccessfully to secure a mortgage
he unsuccessfully opposed the sanctions policy
Example sentencesExamples
- On Bach's death in 1650, he applied unsuccessfully for the vacant post at Leipzig.
- In 1950, he ran unsuccessfully for the US Senate.
- Would-be practitioners attempted unsuccessfully to make daguerreotypes from Western manuals.
- He plays a young man struggling unsuccessfully to accept the death of his mother.
- Americans tried to take part of British Canada in December 1775, when forces led by Benedict Arnold and Richard Montgomery unsuccessfully attacked Quebec.
Definition of unsuccessfully in US English:
unsuccessfully
adverbˌənsəkˈsɛsfəliˌənsəkˈsesfəlē
In a way that fails to accomplish a desired aim or result.
I have tried unsuccessfully to secure a mortgage
he unsuccessfully opposed the sanctions policy
Example sentencesExamples
- In 1950, he ran unsuccessfully for the US Senate.
- Americans tried to take part of British Canada in December 1775, when forces led by Benedict Arnold and Richard Montgomery unsuccessfully attacked Quebec.
- He plays a young man struggling unsuccessfully to accept the death of his mother.
- On Bach's death in 1650, he applied unsuccessfully for the vacant post at Leipzig.
- Would-be practitioners attempted unsuccessfully to make daguerreotypes from Western manuals.