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Another word for unsuccessful

unsuccessful Synonyms

unsuccessful

modif.

defeated, disappointed, frustrated, nonsuited, abortive, aborted, disastrous, unprosperous, unproductive, unfortunate, unlucky, futile, vain, in vain, failing, failed, fruitless, worthless, sterile, bootless, unavailing, ineffectual, ineffective, inefficacious, immature, manquÃ© (French), useless, foiled, shipwrecked, overwhelmed, overpowered, broken, overborne, ruined, destroyed, thwarted, crossed, disconcerted, dashed, circumvented, premature, inoperative, of no effect, balked, duped, left holding the sack*, skunked*, stymied*, jinxed*, out of luck*, stuck*.

Antonyms successful*, fortunate, lucky.

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Another word for unsuccessful

adjective

Having no useful result:

barren, bootless, fruitless, futile, unavailing, unprofitable, useless, vain. Idiom: in vain. See thrive, used

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When the first two tries proved unsuccessful, tempers frayed even more.
She accepted the whip and made another unsuccessful swing.
Gabriel replaced the hourglass after several unsuccessful attempts to shake it.
His attempt was at first unsuccessful; [[North Terrace Wall]] ?
Howe next served in the West Indies in the "Burford," and was present in her when she was very severely damaged in the unsuccessful attack on La Guayra on the 18th of February 1742.

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