unsuccessful
/ʌnsəkˈsɛsfʊl
/ /ʌnsəkˈsɛsf(ə)l/adjective
Not successful: an unsuccessful attempt to enter Parliament...
- To discriminate between successful and unsuccessful interventions we need evidence.
- That is not restricted to the situation where the claimant is successful or unsuccessful.
- He has already made two unsuccessful attempts at raising finance to fund an expansion programme.
Synonyms
failed, without success, abortive, misfired;
vain, in vain, futile, useless, pointless, worthless, nugatory;
ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, unavailing, fruitless, profitless, unproductive;
thwarted, baulked, frustrated, foiled
archaic bootless
unprofitable, unprosperous, loss-making;
failed, losing, beaten;
unlucky, luckless, out of luck, unfortunate, ill-starred, fated, ill-fated, ill-omened
Derivatives
unsuccessfulness
- ‘I'm loose,’ he said, trying with great unsuccessfulness to float face down.
- These boys represent the evidence which proves the unsuccessfulness of this treatment.
- Major factors that influence student unsuccessfulness as determined by the results of this study are presented below.
- on an even keel
- onanism
- onanist
- onanistic
- onanistically
- on a par with
- on a plate
- on approval
- on a promise
- on a roll
- on a (silver) platter
- on a sixpence
- Onassis, Aristotle
- Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy
- on a string
- on a sudden
- on automatic pilot
- on a wind
- on a wing and a prayer
- on-axis
- Onazote
- on balance
- on-baller
- on-base
- on-beat