"unsuccessful" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌʌnsəkˈsɛsfl̩/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unsuccessful.wav Forms: more unsuccessful [comparative], most unsuccessful [superlative]
Etymology: From un- + successful. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un<id:negative>|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), sensukcesa (Esperanto), epäonnistunut (Finnish), infructueux [masculine] (French), წარუმატებელი (c̣arumaṭebeli) (Georgian), erfolglos (German), असफल (asphal) (Hindi), 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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          "word": "uğursuz"
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          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "failed, not successful",
          "word": "müvəffəqiyyətsiz"
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          "word": "অসফল"
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          "roman": "neuspešen",
          "sense": "failed, not successful",
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          "sense": "failed, not successful",
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          "sense": "failed, not successful",
          "word": "epäonnistunut"
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          "sense": "failed, not successful",
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          "word": "infructueux"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "c̣arumaṭebeli",
          "sense": "failed, not successful",
          "word": "წარუმატებელი"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "failed, not successful",
          "word": "erfolglos"
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          "roman": "áprāktos",
          "sense": "failed, not successful",
          "word": "ἄπρᾱκτος"
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          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "asphal",
          "sense": "failed, not successful",
          "word": "असफल"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "failed, not successful",
          "word": "sikertelen"
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          "alt": "ふせいこう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "fuseikō",
          "sense": "failed, not successful",
          "word": "不成功"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "seonggonghaji mothan",
          "sense": "failed, not successful",
          "word": "성공하지 못한"
        },
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          "code": "mnc",
          "lang": "Manchu",
          "sense": "failed, not successful",
          "word": "laqu"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "failed, not successful",
          "word": "rahua"
        },
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "failed, not successful",
          "word": "ngere"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "failed, not successful",
          "word": "nieudany"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "failed, not successful",
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          "word": "malsucedido"
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          "sense": "failed, not successful",
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          "sense": "failed, not successful",
          "word": "başarısız"
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          "code": "uk",
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          "sense": "failed, not successful",
          "word": "невда́лий"
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          "roman": "bezrezulʹtátnyj",
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      "word": "epäonnistunut"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "c̣arumaṭebeli",
      "sense": "failed, not successful",
      "word": "წარუმატებელი"
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      "sense": "failed, not successful",
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      "word": "ἄπρᾱκτος"
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      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "asphal",
      "sense": "failed, not successful",
      "word": "असफल"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "failed, not successful",
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      "alt": "ふせいこう",
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      "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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      "code": "mnc",
      "lang": "Manchu",
      "sense": "failed, not successful",
      "word": "laqu"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "failed, not successful",
      "word": "rahua"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "failed, not successful",
      "word": "ngere"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "failed, not successful",
      "word": "nieudany"
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      "sense": "failed, not successful",
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      "word": "malsucedido"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "bezuspéšnyj",
      "sense": "failed, not successful",
      "word": "безуспе́шный"
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      "word": "неуда́чный"
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      "word": "неуда́чливый"
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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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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bezuspíšnyj",
      "sense": "failed, not successful",
      "word": "безуспі́шний"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nevdályj",
      "sense": "failed, not successful",
      "word": "невда́лий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bezrezulʹtátnyj",
      "sense": "failed, not successful",
      "word": "безрезульта́тний"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "failed, not successful",
      "word": "bất thành"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "failed, not successful",
      "word": "không thành công"
    }
  ],
  "word": "unsuccessful"
}

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