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