unsuccessful person
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4.2
- noun
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fracasado
- Unhappy people, unsuccessful people, have a tendency to not do difficult things.
Successful people get going faster than unsuccessful people.
- Successful people get going faster than unsuccessful people.
- And he'd say that most unsuccessful people are closed, selective and controlling CSC.
Examples
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Despite their challenges, unsuccessful persons can learn valuable lessons from their mistakes.
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And successful people look to the future and unsuccessful people look to the back, look behind them.
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Successful people fail more than unsuccessful people even try.
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And he'd say that most unsuccessful people are closed, selective and controlling CSC.
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Anti-Semitism is the creed of resentful and unsuccessful people.
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Many unsuccessful persons struggle to find motivation to achieve their goals.
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An unsuccessful person may blame circumstances instead of taking responsibility for their failures.
Synonyms
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4.8
A person who often fails and who others look down on
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2.7
A person who does not succeed at things they try
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5.8
A person who disappoints others by not doing well
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4.6
A person, often a student, who gets lower grades than they could
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7.2
A person who fails to succeed after showing early promise
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6.5
A person who often fails and seems unlucky
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7.6
A person who often fails and is not taken seriously
A person who does less well than expected for their abilities
Antonyms
How Successful
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase meaning 'a person who is not successful' is directly and transparently derived from the adjective 'unsuccessful' (failing to accomplish what was attempted) modifying 'person' (a human individual). This straightforward adjective+noun composition is a common and predictable pattern cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The phrase unsuccessful person comes from a clear picture of someone whose tries do not reach the goal; the word unsuccessful means 'not reaching success' and person is the one doing the trying. So, unsuccessful person means 'someone who repeatedly fails or does not achieve their goals'.