unsuccessful

English

Etymology

un- +‎ successful

Adjective

unsuccessful (comparative more unsuccessful, superlative most unsuccessful)

1. Failed, not successful.

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

Antonyms

• successful

Derived terms

• unsuccessfully
• unsuccessfulness

Translations

failed, not successful

• Bengali: অকৃতকার্য (bn) (okritokarjo), অসফল (ośophol)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不成功 (zh) (bùchénggōng)

• Czech: neúspěšný (cs), nezdařilý
• Esperanto: malsukcesa
• Finnish: epäonnistunut (fi)
• French: infructueux (fr) m
• German: erfolglos (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἄπρακτος (ápraktos)

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• Japanese: 不成功 (ふせいこう, fuseikō)
• Korean: 성공하지 못한 (seonggonghaji mothan)
• Manchu: laqu
• Maori: rahua
• Portuguese: malsucedido (pt) m
• Russian: безуспе́шный (ru) (bezuspéšnyj), неуда́чный (ru) (neudáčnyj), неуда́чливый (ru) (neudáčlivyj)
• Tagalog: bigo (tl)
• Turkish: başarısız (tr)