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unsuccessfulness

unsuccessfulness noun: the state or condition of being unsuccessful.

Noun

unsuccessfulness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being unsuccessful.
    • Through the blessing of Divine Providence her husband was restored to her, but not through any relief obtained from his father. Such was the more than unsuccessfulness of her intercessions:[…]1838, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XIX, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 295

Origin of unsuccessfulness

From unsuccessful + -ness.

Questions about unsuccessfulness

What does unsuccessfulness mean?
Unsuccessfulness means the state or condition of being unsuccessful.
What part of speech is unsuccessfulness?
Unsuccessfulness is a noun.

Words near unsuccessfulness in the dictionary

  1. unsucceeding
  2. unsuccess
  3. unsuccesses
  4. unsuccessful
  5. unsuccessfully
  6. unsuccessfulness
  7. unsuccessive
  8. unsuccessively
  9. unsuccessiveness
  10. unsuccinct
  11. unsuccinctly

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