Synonyms for unsuccessful
un·suc·cess·ful

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1. unsuccessfuladjective

   Antonyms:
   successful

2. unsuccessfuladjective

   His unsuccessful attempt earned him sympathy, condolences...and an occasional good-natured ribbing.

   Antonyms:
   successful

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1. unsuccessful

   Synonyms:
   futile, vain, ineffectual, fruitless, unfortunate

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1. unsuccessfuladjective

   not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome

   Synonyms:
   abortive, stillborn

   Antonyms:
   prospering, flourishing, boffo, self-made, made, prosperous, no-hit, winning, successful, productive, fruitful, thriving, sure-fire, in(p), triple-crown, booming, palmy, roaring, victorious

2. abortive, stillborn, unsuccessfuladjective

   failing to accomplish an intended result

   "an abortive revolt"; "a stillborn plot to assassinate the President"

   Synonyms:
   abortive, stillborn

   Antonyms:
   self-made, triple-crown, booming, palmy, in(p), winning, made, fruitful, roaring, thriving, sure-fire, prosperous, flourishing, victorious, boffo, prospering, successful, no-hit, productive

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1. unsuccessfuladjective

   Synonyms:
   unavailing, ineffectual, abortive, fruitless, bootless, profitless, vain, futile, in vain

2. unsuccessfuladjective

   Synonyms:
   luckless, unfortunate, unlucky, unprosperous, ill-starred, ill-fated

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1. unsuccessfuladjective

   Synonyms:
   unfortunate, unlucky, unprosperous, abortive, fruitless, unavailing, bootless, ineffectual, futile

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1. List of paraphrases for "unsuccessful":

   fruitless, failed, abortive, aborted, vain, futile, non-reportable, incorrect, unproductive, ineffective

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1. Tom Rose:

   Successful men are defined by thier actions; Unsuccessful men are defined by actions not taken.

2. Erich Fromm:

   The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal.

3. Mahmud Mammadguliyev:

   The constant biased attitude of the European parliament to Azerbaijan shows that the human rights issue is used as a tool of political pressure on the country, but the European parliament members should know that these attempts are doomed to be unsuccessful from the very beginning.

4. Wolfgang Merkel:

   I am not a big sympathizer of this government, nevertheless, they were rather successful in containing the crisis... especially if you look at the UK or the US who are seen as the unsuccessful examples.

5. Dallas Woodhouse:

   I think it is perilous to our system of democratic government for the courts to reassign political power that was won at the ballot box by one party based on what the court thinks is fairness, because that's elusive, i think you have to be concerned that more and more of the state courts are being attempted to be used to settle political disputes for one party when they were unsuccessful at the ballot box.