unsuccessful

Example Sentences

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Surgery in a Gaza hospital to insert a metal plate into her thigh was unsuccessful and left her unable to walk.

From The Wall Street Journal

The threat to Veeraswamy follows an unsuccessful effort to protect another distinctive and historic Indian dining institution in London, the India Club, which closed in 2023 to redevelop the building.

From BBC

Attempts by the BBC to get comment from Filmfinity, which describes itself as the leading film distributor in southern Africa, have so far been unsuccessful.

From BBC

The publisher was unsuccessful in its attempt to get the case thrown out in 2023 on these grounds.

From BBC

When Bin Salman first came to prominence as Saudi defense minister in 2015, he espoused a pugilistic foreign policy that saw him launch the unsuccessful offensive on the Houthis and kidnap Lebanon’s prime minister.

From Los Angeles Times