"unsuccessful" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌʌnsəkˈsɛsfl̩/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unsuccessful.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more unsuccessful [comparative], most unsuccessful [superlative]
Etymology: un- + successful Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|successful}} un- + successful Head templates: {{en-adj}} unsuccessful (comparative more unsuccessful, superlative most unsuccessful)
  1. Failed, not successful. Derived forms: unsuccessfully, unsuccessfulness Translations (failed, not successful): ἄπρᾱκτος (áprāktos) (Ancient Greek), uğursuz (Azerbaijani), müvəffəqiyyətsiz (Azerbaijani), səmərəsiz (Azerbaijani), অকৃতকার্য (okritokarjo) (Bengali), অসফল (ośophol) (Bengali), неуспешен (neuspešen) (Bulgarian), 不成功 (bùchénggōng) (Chinese Mandarin), neúspěšný (Czech), nezdařilý (Czech), malsukcesa (Esperanto), epäonnistunut (Finnish), infructueux [masculine] (French), წარუმატებელი (c̣arumaṭebeli) (Georgian), erfolglos (German), sikertelen (Hungarian), 不成功 (fuseikō) (alt: ふせいこう) (Japanese), 성공하지 못한 (seonggonghaji mothan) (Korean), laqu (Manchu), rahua (Maori), ngere (Maori), nieudany (Polish), malsucedido [masculine] (Portuguese), безуспе́шный (bezuspéšnyj) (Russian), неуда́чный (neudáčnyj) (Russian), неуда́чливый (neudáčlivyj) (Russian), bigo (Tagalog), başarısız (Turkish), безуспі́шний (bezuspíšnyj) (Ukrainian), невда́лий (nevdályj) (Ukrainian), безрезульта́тний (bezrezulʹtátnyj) (Ukrainian), bất thành (Vietnamese), không thành công (Vietnamese)

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          "code": "az",
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          "sense": "failed, not successful",
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "c̣arumaṭebeli",
          "sense": "failed, not successful",
          "word": "წარუმატებელი"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "failed, not successful",
          "word": "erfolglos"
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          "code": "grc",
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          "sense": "failed, not successful",
          "word": "ἄπρᾱκτος"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "failed, not successful",
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          "sense": "failed, not successful",
          "word": "不成功"
        },
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          "lang": "Korean",
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        },
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "failed, not successful",
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        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "failed, not successful",
          "word": "ngere"
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          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "failed, not successful",
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          "word": "безуспе́шный"
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          "word": "безрезульта́тний"
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "failed, not successful",
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      "sense": "failed, not successful",
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      "word": "অসফল"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "neuspešen",
      "sense": "failed, not successful",
      "word": "неуспешен"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "sense": "failed, not successful",
      "word": "不成功"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "failed, not successful",
      "word": "neúspěšný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "failed, not successful",
      "word": "nezdařilý"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "failed, not successful",
      "word": "malsukcesa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "failed, not successful",
      "word": "epäonnistunut"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "failed, not successful",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "infructueux"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "c̣arumaṭebeli",
      "sense": "failed, not successful",
      "word": "წარუმატებელი"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "failed, not successful",
      "word": "erfolglos"
    },
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "áprāktos",
      "sense": "failed, not successful",
      "word": "ἄπρᾱκτος"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "failed, not successful",
      "word": "sikertelen"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふせいこう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fuseikō",
      "sense": "failed, not successful",
      "word": "不成功"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seonggonghaji mothan",
      "sense": "failed, not successful",
      "word": "성공하지 못한"
    },
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      "lang": "Manchu",
      "sense": "failed, not successful",
      "word": "laqu"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "failed, not successful",
      "word": "rahua"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "failed, not successful",
      "word": "ngere"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "failed, not successful",
      "word": "nieudany"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "failed, not successful",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "malsucedido"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "failed, not successful",
      "word": "безуспе́шный"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "word": "неуда́чный"
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "failed, not successful",
      "word": "неуда́чливый"
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      "code": "tl",
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      "sense": "failed, not successful",
      "word": "bigo"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "failed, not successful",
      "word": "başarısız"
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
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      "sense": "failed, not successful",
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      "sense": "failed, not successful",
      "word": "невда́лий"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bezrezulʹtátnyj",
      "sense": "failed, not successful",
      "word": "безрезульта́тний"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "failed, not successful",
      "word": "bất thành"
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      "lang": "Vietnamese",
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