unsuccessful attempt
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunsuccessfulandattempt
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unsuccessful
adjective
uk/ˌʌn.səkˈses.fəl/us/ˌʌn.səkˈses.fəl/
not achieving the hoped for result; ...
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attempt
noun[C]
uk/əˈtempt/us/əˈtempt/
the act of trying to do something, especially ...
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Anunsuccessfulattemptto develop a single item screen f or insomnia in cancer patients.
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Given considerable time and resources, weight loss studies require improved reporting standards to minimize the relativelyunsuccessfulattemptto contact authors for important and necessary information.
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Sieyes was driven, in effect, by an ' ultimatelyunsuccessfulattemptto invent a politics in which wealthy non-nobles would be the natural governing class of a unified nation ' (p. 39).
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I am glad to say,unsuccessfulattemptto pamperise the workers of this country by placing a premium on idleness and calling it unemployment donation.
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It is a sorry andunsuccessfulattemptto make use of human sympathy for political ends.
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Thirdly, in its current form this will not allow for any development, but simply represents anunsuccessfulattemptat survival.
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That is when they had been dragged through various courts of law in anunsuccessfulattemptto obtain justice.
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After the liberation in 1945, anunsuccessfulattemptwas made to secure the autonomy of the universities.
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Shortly after that school'sunsuccessfulattemptto opt out, the building programme became conditional on the sale of four hectares of its playing fields.
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It would be anunsuccessfulattemptto cure a narrow requirement.
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In another place there was anunsuccessfulattemptto amend that legislation.
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A concerted butunsuccessfulattemptwas made to break through the cordon; 147 men expressed their wish to work and went in to work.
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I note that in another place anunsuccessfulattemptwas made to exempt those in receipt of social security.
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I am very glad to see the veryunsuccessfulattemptto better their wares in the republic in the recent election there.
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As my noble friend mentioned, a furtherunsuccessfulattemptwas made in another place.
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There was anunsuccessfulattemptto amend the legislation in that respect.
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Following anunsuccessfulattemptto persuade the men to leave the roof, no further action was taken but two policemen remained on the roof to keep observation.
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Does she not agree that a widely publicised butunsuccessfulattemptto obtain a fresh resolution authorising the use of force would be a profoundly undesirable outcome?
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