Synonyms for unsuccessful

Synonyms for (adj) unsuccessful

Synonyms: stillborn, unsuccessful, abortive

Definition: failing to accomplish an intended result

Usage: an abortive revolt; a stillborn plot to assassinate the President

Similar words: unfruitful

Definition: not fruitful; not conducive to abundant production


Synonyms: unsuccessful

Definition: not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome

Similar words: attempted

Definition: tried unsuccessfully

Usage: attempted murder


Similar words: disappointed, discomfited, defeated, thwarted, foiled, frustrated

Definition: disappointingly unsuccessful

Usage: disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions; their foiled attempt to capture Calais; many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers; his best efforts were thwarted


Similar words: washed-up, ruined, sunk, undone, done for

Definition: doomed to extinction


Similar words: down-and-out

Definition: lacking resources (or any prospect of resources)


Similar words: unrewarded, empty-handed

Definition: having acquired or gained nothing

Usage: the returned from the negotiations empty-handed


Similar words: hitless

Definition: (of a batter) without a hit

Usage: he went hitless for three innings


Similar words: no-win

Definition: certain to end in failure and disappointment

Usage: a no-win situation


Similar words: out

Definition: out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election

Usage: now the Democrats are out


Similar words: hitless, goalless, scoreless

Definition: having no points scores

Usage: a scoreless inning


Similar words: self-defeating

Definition: acting to defeat its own purpose

Usage: it is self-defeating...to ignore the progress of events


Similar words: unrealised, unrealized, unfulfilled

Definition: of persons; marked by failure to realize full potentialities

Usage: unfulfilled and uneasy men; unrealized dreams and ambitions


Similar words: unplaced

Definition: not one of the first three in a race or competition


Similar words: winless

Definition: having no wins

Usage: the team had a very disappointing winless season


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