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un·suc·cess·ful    Audio Help   [uhn-suhk-ses-fuhl] Pronunciation Key
–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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un·suc·cess·ful    Audio Help   (ŭn'sək-sěs'fəl)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Having an unfavorable outcome: an unsuccessful venture.
  2. Failing to attain something desired or intended: an unsuccessful entrepreneur.

un'suc·cess'ful·ly adv.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
unsuccessful 
1617, from un- (1) "not" + successful (see success).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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unsuccessful

adjective
1. not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome [ant: successful] 
2. failing to accomplish an intended result; "an abortive revolt"; "a stillborn plot to assassinate the President" [syn: abortive] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.

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