be unsuccessful

be unsuccessful
index fail (lose), lose (undergo defeat)

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006

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  • Unsuccessful — 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • unsuccessful — index disappointed, futile, inadept, ineffective, ineffectual, otiose, regrettable, unavailing, unprod …   Law dictionary

  • unsuccessful attempt — index failure (lack of success) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • unsuccessful trial — index mistrial Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • unsuccessful — 1610s, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + SUCCESSFUL (Cf. successful) …   Etymology dictionary

  • unsuccessful — [adj] failing abortive, defeated, disastrous, doomed, failed, foiled, fruitless, futile, ill fated, ineffective, ineffectual, losing, thwarted, unlucky, useless, vain; concepts 485,489 …   New thesaurus

  • unsuccessful — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not successful. DERIVATIVES unsuccessfully adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • unsuccessful — [spelling only] …   English World dictionary

  • unsuccessful — 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… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • unsuccessful — [[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… …   English dictionary

  • unsuccessful */ — UK [ˌʌnsəkˈsesf(ə)l] / US [ˌʌnsəkˈsesfəl] adjective something that is unsuccessful does not achieve what you want, or does not happen in the way that you want The president flew home today after another unsuccessful attempt to reach a peace… …   English dictionary

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