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View definitions for unsuccessful

unsuccessful

adjective as in failing

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She had fertility treatment but that was unsuccessful, she told BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour.

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Butler, who served as a co-chair of Vice President Kamala Harris’ unsuccessful White House bid, later spoke to reporters about the role of race and gender in the presidential race.

She worked as a manager in a large French company, while he - a trained electrician - started several ultimately unsuccessful businesses.

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The challenge was unsuccessful, but it did lead the electoral commission to introduce new measures to ensure greater transparency.

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Alongside the US and Egypt, the Qataris have also played a major role in rounds of so-far unsuccessful talks to broker a ceasefire in the year-long war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

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

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