unsuccessfully
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3.0
- adverb
- /ˌʌnsəkˈsɛsfəli/
:
sin éxito
- Now, this is the scene here at 14th and O Streets, a few blocks away from where fans broke into University Stadium and tried, unsuccessfully, to tear down the goal posts.
- tried unsuccessfully
- attempted unsuccessfully
- sued unsuccessfully
When we fail or do something unsuccessfully, like how do I turn that to good?
- When we fail or do something unsuccessfully, like how do I turn that to good?
- And I'm the miserable worm over here trying to relate myself to it unsuccessfully.
- Then, you know, keep pushing ahead unsuccessfully.
- The LAPD now reports that after unsuccessfully searching for the suspect underneath that guy lying on the ground, he is still at large.
- Of course, she attempted to unsuccessfully weaken the Affordable Care Act in Florida.
- I wasn't caught, but it I unsuccessfully cheated.
- And I had suggested to Bob unsuccessfully, that you ought not be developing, you know, subset organizations.
- He has recently tried twice, unsuccessfully in combination with gym shock, to complete the longest ever single duration swim.
Examples
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American universities have tried unsuccessfully to be all things to all people.
Academic text (1996) -
In each of the last three quarters, Trask Industries has announced plans to acquire a major market television station, each time unsuccessfully.
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Many people have tried to involve themselves in my affairs, unsuccessfully.
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All patients had been treated unsuccessfully with medications prior to study enrollment.
Academic text (2008) -
As a constitutional monarch, Louis Philippe tried, unsuccessfully, to find a middle path between Right and Left.
Academic text (1995) -
We scoured the far reaches of that loathsome city, searching rather unsuccessfully for the woman of your dreams.
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In his sober interludes back then, Lefty tried, mostly unsuccessfully, to teach me to play the saxophone.
Fiction book (1996) -
On the fifth day of Sundari's fast, Sumana Maniyo visited her, trying unsuccessfully to feed her.
Academic text (1997) -
Leonor, the protagonist of the tragic La Delirante, unsuccessfully struggles against the manipulating Lord Arlington.
Academic text (1990) -
Despite their best efforts, the team worked unsuccessfully to meet the project deadline.
Synonyms
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3.7
Without success despite trying to do something
5
5.5
In a way that does not succeed
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3.5
In a way that does not help or make any difference
3
7.4
In a way that does not make a difference
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4.0
In a way that does not get the result you want
2
6.0
In a way that does not succeed
In a way that does not work or help
In a way that fails to reach the goal
Without success when someone tries to do something
Antonyms
How Successful
Surface Forms
Morphology
unsuccessfully = unsuccessful (transparent) = un + success + ful + ly
Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to the clear adjective 'unsuccessful', so the adverbial meaning is directly derived.
Etymology
The word unsuccessfully comes from three parts: un- meaning 'not', success meaning 'a good result' and the same root as succeed, and -ly which turns a word into one that shows how something is done, so it means 'in a way that did not work or did not get the hoped-for result'.