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unsuccess

unsuccess noun: a lack of success.

Noun

unsuccess (countable and uncountable, plural unsuccesses)

  1. A lack of success.
    • With the farming of a verse
      Make a vineyard of the curse,
      Sing of human unsuccess
      In a rapture of distress1939, W. H. Auden, In Memory of W. B. Yeats, lines 58–61

Forms of unsuccess

pluralunsuccesses

Origin of unsuccess

From un- + success.

Questions about unsuccess

What does unsuccess mean?
Unsuccess means a lack of success.
What part of speech is unsuccess?
Unsuccess is a noun.
What is the plural of unsuccess?
The plural of unsuccess is unsuccesses.

Words near unsuccess in the dictionary

  1. unsubverted
  2. unsubvertible
  3. unsucceedable
  4. unsucceeded
  5. unsucceeding
  6. unsuccess
  7. unsuccesses
  8. unsuccessful
  9. unsuccessfully
  10. unsuccessfulness
  11. unsuccessive

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