unsuccess
[uhn-suh k-ses]
noun
lack of success; failure.
Origin of unsuccess
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Historical Examples of unsuccess
Here, when all else was numbed by loneliness and hunger and unsuccess, it waked and warned me.
A Woman of GeniusMary Austin
I thought,—All labor, yet no less Bear up beneath their unsuccess.
Browning and the Dramatic MonologueS. S. Curry
Similarly the result of unsuccess in such a venture is obvious.
Poise: How to Attain ItD. Starke
It is a forlorn enterprise—that is admitted; but there are degrees of unsuccess.
The Craft of FictionPercy Lubbock
And I would accuse myself of ingratitude for complaining of my unsuccess.
Grey RosesHenry Harland