successless

English

Etymology

success +‎ -less

Adjective

successless (comparative more successless, superlative most successless)

1. (now rare) Without success; unsuccessful.
   • 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, I.ii.5:

     “Belfield fired first, and missed; the Baronet was not so successless.”

   • 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 296:

     How successless that expedient has been in regard to curing me of my passion for her, you know too well.