unsuccessful
adjective
not achieving or not attended with success.
unsuccessfully
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a word derived from
unsuccessful.
Example Sentences
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“You’re going to hear how Meta tried to hook kids under 13, the youngest users,” she said, previewing internal documents that Meta had unsuccessfully fought to keep out of the blockbuster trial’s opening monologue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Teirab, a former Marine and a Harvard Law graduate who’d run unsuccessfully for Congress as a Republican, responded with a blunt reality check.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
In 2022, Leavitt unsuccessfully ran for Congress in New Hampshire, emerging victorious from a contested Republican primary, but ultimately losing to Democrat Chris Pappas.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
A bidder which unsuccessfully put forward a rival design involving a shorter runway, Arora Group's Heathrow West, will also be allowed to recover £4.1m pounds in costs.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Trying unsuccessfully to pat down his messy hair, he says, “I’m still working on that part. But I will make the world a better place. Somehow or other.”
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
