unsuccessful

1. Not successful;
   Having failed or having an unfavorable outcome (synset 302341445)
   also:

   • defeated - beaten or overcome; not victorious
   • unfortunate - not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune
   • unprofitable - producing little or no profit or gain
   tells us about: success - a state of prosperity or fame
   similar to:

   • attempted - tried unsuccessfully
   • defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwarted - disappointingly unsuccessful
   • done for, ruined, sunk, undone, washed-up - doomed to extinction
   • down-and-out - lacking resources (or any prospect of resources)
   • empty-handed, unrewarded - having acquired or gained nothing
   • hitless - (of a batter) without a hit
   • no-win - certain to end in failure and disappointment
   • out - out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election
   • goalless, hitless, pointless, scoreless - having no points scores
   • self-defeating - acting to defeat its own purpose
   • unfulfilled, unrealised, unrealized - of persons; marked by failure to realize full potentialities
   • unplaced - not one of the first three in a race or competition
   • winless - having no wins
2. Failing to accomplish an intended result (synset 301086402)
   "an abortive revolt"; "a stillborn plot to assassinate the President"
   similar to: unfruitful - not fruitful; not conducive to abundant production
   same as: abortive, stillborn

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