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Definitions for unsuccessful
un·suc·cess·ful
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Princeton's WordNet
unsuccessfuladjective
not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome
abortive, stillborn, unsuccessfuladjective
failing to accomplish an intended result
"an abortive revolt"; "a stillborn plot to assassinate the President"
Wiktionary
unsuccessfuladjective
Failed, not successful.
His unsuccessful attempt earned him sympathy, condolences...and an occasional good-natured ribbing.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Unsuccessfuladjective
Not having the wished event; not fortunate; not well received.
O the sad fate of unsuccessful sin!
You see yon heads without, there’s worse within. John Cleveland.Ye pow’rs return’d
From unsuccessful charge! be not dismay’d. John Milton.Hence appear the many mistakes, which have made learning generally so unpleasing and so unsuccessful. John Milton.
My counsels may be unsuccessful, but my prayers
Shall wait on all your actions. John Denham.The corruption, perverseness, and vitiosity of man’s will, he charges as the only cause that rendered all the arguments his doctrine came cloathed with, unsuccessful. South.
Had Portius been the unsuccessful lover,
The same compassion would have fall’n on him. Addison.Successful authors do what they can to exclude a competitor, while the unsuccessful, with as much eagerness, lay their claim to him as their brother. Addison.
Those are generally more unsuccessful in their pursuit after fame, who are more desirous of obtaining it. Addison.
Leave dang’rous truths to unsuccessful satire. Alexander Pope.
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unsuccessful
Unsuccessful refers to not achieving the desired outcome, result, or goals. It is characterized by the lack of success or failure in something attempted or intended.
Webster Dictionary
Unsuccessfuladjective
not successful; not producing the desired event; not fortunate; meeting with, or resulting in, failure; unlucky; unhappy
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of unsuccessful in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of unsuccessful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of unsuccessful in a Sentence
The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal.
Frederick Buechner, Wishful Thinking, 1973:
Envy is the consuming desire to have everybody else as unsuccessful as you are.
Avoid constantly trying to adapt to situations, people, and other circumstances that have no value to your future. The phenomenon of always attempting to please and alter behavior is more likely to be unsuccessful then to enhance your life. Adapt by continuing to learn and improve your knowledge
I don't really think this will crystallise at the moment but they could articulate it if our merger (with LSE) is unsuccessful.
Mr. Dixon performed the operation in 2016 with the mesh but it was unsuccessful and caused her to be in agony, she had a follow-up operation which made things even worse.
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