unsuccessfully
adverb
uk/ˌʌn.səkˈses.fəl.i/us/ˌʌn.səkˈses.fəl.i/C1
in a way that does notsucceedorachievethehopedforresult:
Heranunsuccessfully for aparliamentaryseat.
Shetriedunsuccessfully tostartseveralsmallbusinesses.
See
unsuccessful
- Sheappliedunsuccessfully for more than fortyjobs.
- Heranunsuccessfully forpresidentin 1848.
- Shesearchedunsuccessfully for atrainingcoursefor herson.
Unsuccessful (people and things)
- abortive
- achiever
- be dead in the wateridiom
- botched
- counterproductive
- flatline
- frustrated
- futile
- go/get/head nowhereidiom
- inauspicious
- lame duck
- redemption
- rope
- small-time
- small-timer
- stillborn
- struggling
- vain
- vainly
- washed up