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un·suc·cess·ful
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ˌʌn
səkˈsɛs
fəl
/
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adjective
not achieving or not attended with success:
an unsuccessful person; an unsuccessful venture.
Origin:
1610–20;
un-
1
+
successful
Related forms
un·suc·cess·ful·ly,
adverb
un·suc·cess·ful·ness,
noun
Synonyms
hapless, unfortunate, foiled, baffled.
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unsuccessful
(ˌʌnsəkˈsɛsfʊl)
—
adj
not having succeeded
unsuccessfully
—
adv
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
unsuccessful
1617, from
un-
(1) "not" +
successful
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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