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View definitions for unsuccessfully

unsuccessfully

adverb as in poorly

adverb as in unfortunately

adverb as in vainly

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Its fan base has sometimes sent its price soaring, and tried unsuccessfully in 2021 to get Dogecoin's value above $1, per The Associated Press.

From Salon

Florida’s ballot measure fell short because the state requires voter-driven constitutional proposals to clear a 60 percent threshold—a requirement Republicans unsuccessfully pushed in Ohio.

From Slate

Trump tried unsuccessfully to roll back the Affordable Care Act during his first term.

Kim, who was born in South Korea and lives in Anaheim Hills, served in the state Assembly and unsuccessfully ran for Congress in 2018 before winning two years later.

He ran unsuccessfully for the state Senate in 2022 and for the Orange County Board of Supervisors in 2018.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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