success
noun
the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors; the accomplishment of one's goals.
successless
-
a word derived from
success.
Example Sentences
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Geryon pushed back with them from the edge of the precipice, like a ship leaving harbour; and then, turning about, wheeled, like a sullen successless falcon, slowly down through the air in many a circuit.
From Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 1 by Dante Alighieri
Indulge me in this trial; and I assure thee, if it be successless, it shall be the last.
From The Works of Henry Fielding Edited by George Saintsbury in 12 Volumes Volume 12 by George Saintsbury
CIX Then summon'd were the warriors that came on Etzel's part; They sought a farewell audience ere they should home depart, Successful or successless, as it might chance to fall.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
He said, Nor with successless vows invok'd their aid.
From The Aeneid English by Virgil
Passion unpitied and successless love Plant daggers in my breast.
From English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century by Edmund David Jones
