Unsuccessful

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having an unfavorable outcome: an unsuccessful venture.
  • adj. Failing to attain something desired or intended: an unsuccessful entrepreneur.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Failed, not successful.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Not successful; not producing the desired event; not fortunate; meeting with, or resulting in, failure; unlucky; unhappy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Not successful; not producing the desired event; not fortunate.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. failing to accomplish an intended result
  • adj. not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome
  • Equivalent
    unfruitful    down-and-out    defeated    ruined    attempted    unplaced    unrealised    thwarted    unfulfilled    sunk   
    Antonym
    successful   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    unlucky    unhappy   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    stressful    successful   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts