not successful; not achieving what you wanted to His efforts to get a job proved unsuccessful. They were unsuccessful in meeting their objectives for the year. She made several unsuccessful attempts to see him. opposite successful
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NAmE//ˌʌnsəkˈsɛsfəli//
adverbSee unsuccessful in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: unsuccessful