to be unsuccessful
1Unsuccessful — Un suc*cess ful, a. Not successful; not producing the desired event; not fortunate; meeting with, or resulting in, failure; unlucky; unhappy. {Un suc*cess ful*ly}, adv. {Un suc*cess ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …
2unsuccessful — index disappointed, futile, inadept, ineffective, ineffectual, otiose, regrettable, unavailing, unprod …
3unsuccessful attempt — index failure (lack of success) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4unsuccessful trial — index mistrial Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
5unsuccessful — 1610s, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + SUCCESSFUL (Cf. successful) …
6unsuccessful — [adj] failing abortive, defeated, disastrous, doomed, failed, foiled, fruitless, futile, ill fated, ineffective, ineffectual, losing, thwarted, unlucky, useless, vain; concepts 485,489 …
7unsuccessful — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not successful. DERIVATIVES unsuccessfully adverb …
8unsuccessful — [spelling only] …
9unsuccessful — un|suc|cess|ful [ ,ʌnsək sesfəl ] adjective * something that is unsuccessful does not achieve what you want, or does not happen in the way you want: The president flew home today after another unsuccessful attempt to reach a peace agreement. All… …
10unsuccessful — [[t]ʌ̱nsəkse̱sfʊl[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Something that is unsuccessful does not achieve what it was intended to achieve. His efforts were unsuccessful. ...a second unsuccessful operation on his knee... There were reports last month of unsuccessful… …
