without success
idiom
: without achieving what one tried to do : unsuccessfully
He tried to repair the engine but without success.
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Patel noted that federal officials have repeatedly requested materials from the estate without success.
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Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
Staff called paramedics, who arrived and performed CPR, without success.
—Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 24 Nov. 2025
Trying the same thing over and over again, without success, is either the definition of insanity or Russian negotiation tactics, depending on your point of view.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 21 Nov. 2025
Documents go on to say that police tried to contact the woman that the victim had been living with, without success.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025
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Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
Staff called paramedics, who arrived and performed CPR, without success.
—Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 24 Nov. 2025
Trying the same thing over and over again, without success, is either the definition of insanity or Russian negotiation tactics, depending on your point of view.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 21 Nov. 2025
Documents go on to say that police tried to contact the woman that the victim had been living with, without success.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025
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“Without success.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/without%20success. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
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