"unsuccessful" meaning in English

See unsuccessful in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌʌnsəkˈsɛsfl̩/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unsuccessful.wav [UK] Forms: unsuccessful [positive], more unsuccessful [comparative], most unsuccessful [superlative]
Etymology: un- + successful Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|un|successful}} un- + successful Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something is unsuccessful, it is not successful.
    Sense id: simple-unsuccessful-en-adj-~KMoMjzp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with un-
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