unsuccess
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of unsuccess
Example Sentences
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Not only are you a panda, with all the reproductive unsuccess that generally entails — you’re YOU.
From Washington Post • Aug. 27, 2015
But “Ishtar” has entered the lexicon — along with “Heaven’s Gate,” “Waterworld” and “Howard the Duck” — as shorthand for large-scale cinematic unsuccess.
From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2013
In Auden's phrase, he sings of human unsuccess, and in the song turns case his tories on the defeated into a kind of triumph.
From Time Magazine Archive
When Margery Lee, the local schoolmistress, came to board and his brother Jeff courted her with signal unsuccess, Luke understood Jeff's sudden departure.
From Time Magazine Archive
As we shall see in dealing with character, the latter should never be sacrificed to story, but story often ferries a play from the shore of unsuccess to the shore of success.
From Dramatic Technique by Baker, George Pierce
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