unsuccessful
Adjective
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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 famesimilar 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
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similar to: unfruitful - not fruitful; not conducive to abundant production
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