Unsuccessful synonyms
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Part of speech:
Having no useful result; ineffectual:
Not yielding the desired outcome; fruitless:
Resulting or likely to result in misfortune; inauspicious:
Not leading to success; unproductive:
Not capable of producing a desired effect or result; ineffective.
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Marked by or suggesting a lack of normal maturity:
manqué (French)
Overly powerful
Topographically rough; uneven:
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overborne
Overpowered or overcome:
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Born after a gestation period of less than the normal time:
Not operative; not working; not functioning; without effect
of no effect
left holding the sack
skunked
(Slang) Inebriated or intoxicated.
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out-of-luck
(Idiomatic) experiencing a temporary misfortune
successful (antonym)
Having obtained something desired or intended:
fortunate (antonym)
Having unexpected good fortune; lucky.
lucky (antonym)
The definition of lucky is someone who has good fortune, something that brings good fortune, or something that results from good fortune and chance.
Failing to accomplish an intended objective; fruitless:
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Being without advantage or benefit; useless.
Undergoing failure:
Having no hope; despairing:
The definition of ineffectual is not productive or not working correctly.
manque
Potential but unrealized; would-be
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Having bad luck; unlucky
Not worthwhile
unprosperous
Not prosperous.
Unfulfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition
Devoid of something specified:
(Pejorative, of a person) good-for-nothing; not dependable.
in-vain
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thrive (related)
Having no useful result
used (related)
That has or have previously been owned by someone else.
Dead when delivered from the womb
unsuccesful (related)
nonsuited
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Having undergone failure:
Without worth or merit; useless, valueless, etc.
Lacking in ability; incompetent or inadequate
Brought forth prematurely.
Extremely bad; terrible:
(Economics) Adding nothing to exchangeable value.
Not able to produce offspring, seeds, or fruit; unable to reproduce.
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Find another word for unsuccessful. In this page you can discover 64 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for unsuccessful, like: futile, vain, unlucky, fruitless, crossed, defeated, inefficacious, immature, manqué (French), foiled and shipwrecked.