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unsuccess

[uhn-suh k-ses]

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noun

lack of success; failure.

RELATED WORDS

abortion, bankruptcy, bomb, botch, breakdown, bungle, bust, checkmate, collapse, decay, decline, defeat, deficiency, deficit, deterioration, downfall, failing, fiasco, flop, frustration

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Origin of unsuccess

First recorded in 1580–90; un-¹ + success

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for unsuccess

He was one of the men who dropped an unsuccess very soon, and did not spend his energies fighting his way through.
A Little Girl in Old San Francisco|Amanda Minnie Douglas
Lack of confidence in one's own powers is the source of every kind of feebleness and of all unsuccess.
Poise: How to Attain It|D. Starke
The rejected postulant, chopfallen and sullen, repaired to his mother and related his unsuccess.
Mark Gildersleeve|John S. Sauzade
Perhaps he had, half consciously, a sense of subtle kinship to the unsuccess and cheerful resignation of it all.
Ponkapog Papers|Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Similarly the result of unsuccess in such a venture is obvious.
Poise: How to Attain It|D. Starke