nonsuccess

noun

non·​suc·​cess ˌnän-sək-ˈses 

plural nonsuccesses

1

: a lack or absence of success

… an idea that has had varying degrees of nonsuccess since the 1980s.

—Molly Wood

2

: something that is not a success

… a sense of security and self-esteem that … perhaps gives them the ability to accept and move on from nonsuccess.

—David Roozen, quoted in U.S. News & World Report

Synonyms of nonsuccess

• defeat
• collapse
• failure

Examples of nonsuccess in a Sentence

refused to let the nonsuccess of her bid for a seat in the state senate discourage her from a career in politics

Word History

First Known Use

1665, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for nonsuccess

• abs
• acquiesce
• ancestress
• authoress
• coalesce
• decompress
• dispossess
• faithfulness
• letterpress
• mayoress
• murderess
• nonetheless