without success
idiom
: without achieving what one tried to do : unsuccessfully
He tried to repair the engine but without success.
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Adam Neumann and his wife, Rebekah, have spent the last five-plus years trying to unload their Gramercy Park penthouse triplex, clearly without success.
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Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 21 July 2025
Democratic lawmakers have repeatedly introduced legislation that would lower the U.S. voting age from 18 to 16 in recent years, without success.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 17 July 2025
Habib attempted to sell the property without success.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2025
For two decades, senior legislators and military leaders have been working, mostly without success, to overcome these problems.
—Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
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Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 21 July 2025
Democratic lawmakers have repeatedly introduced legislation that would lower the U.S. voting age from 18 to 16 in recent years, without success.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 17 July 2025
Habib attempted to sell the property without success.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2025
For two decades, senior legislators and military leaders have been working, mostly without success, to overcome these problems.
—Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
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“Without success.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/without%20success. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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