unsuccessful
Syllables: un·suc·cess·ful/ˌʌnsəkˈsɛsfl̩/
unsuccessful adjective: failed, not successful.
Adjective
unsuccessful (comparative more unsuccessful, superlative most unsuccessful)
- Failed, not successful.
- His unsuccessful attempt earned him sympathy, condolences, and an occasional good-natured ribbing.
- For example, an unsuccessful men's deodorant was successfully remerchandised by repackaging, heavier advertising, a higher price and new brand name 'Brut'.2004, Luiz Moutinho, Charles S. Chien, Problems in marketing
unsuccessful meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
unsuccessful in Hindi
- failed, not successful
- असफल asphal
unsuccessful in Tamil
- பயனற்ற, தோல்விக்குள்ளான, வெற்றியடையாத
unsuccessful in Urdu
- unsuccessful
- ناکام nākām
unsuccessful in Bengali
- failed, not successful
- অকৃতকার্য okritokarjo, অসফল ośophol
More languagesFewer languages
- unsuccessful in Malayalam
- നിഷ്ഫലമായ, വിജയകരമല്ലാത്ത
- unsuccessful in Kannada
- ನಿಷ್ಫಲ, ವ್ಯರ್ಥ
- unsuccessful in Punjabi
- ਨਾਕਾਮ nākām, ਅਸਫਲ asaphal
- unsuccessful in Gujarati
- અસફળ
- unsuccessful in Sanskrit
- विफल viphala
- unsuccessful in Tagalog
- bigo
- unsuccessful in Vietnamese
- bất thành, không thành công
Examples of unsuccessful in a sentence
- After a brief and unsuccessful search, he decided it was time to start pounding the pavement.
- After an unsuccessful excursion into banking, I've returned to public life.
- After several unsuccessful attempts to repair the clock, he got it right on the fourth try.
Antonyms of unsuccessful
Forms of unsuccessful
| comparative | more unsuccessful |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unsuccessful |
Origin of unsuccessful
From un- + successful.
Words formed from unsuccessful
Questions about unsuccessful
- What does unsuccessful mean?
- Unsuccessful means failed, not successful.
- What is unsuccessful in Hindi?
- Unsuccessful in Hindi is असफल (asphal). See Unsuccessful meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is unsuccessful?
- Unsuccessful is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce unsuccessful?
- Unsuccessful is pronounced /ˌʌnsəkˈsɛsfl̩/.
Words near unsuccessful in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: unsuccessful (page history and authors); unsuccessful (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ناکام (Urdu) (page history and authors); unsuccessful (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unsuccessful (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਅਸਫਲ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); unsuccessful (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); विफल (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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