as in futile
producing no results
an unsuccessful attempt to fix the faucet ourselves
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Recent Examples of unsuccessful
If those options are unsuccessful, Dallas could be players in the trade market.
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Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
The document added that attempts at resuscitating Baldock after he was found were unsuccessful.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 24 July 2025
At least two other affordable housing developers have tried to build on the site in the past but were unsuccessful, Liuzzo said.
—Theresa Clift
july 23, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2025
The pilot attempted to divert the aircraft away from densely populated areas to minimize civilian casualties and damage, but his efforts were unsuccessful and the jet crashed into a building.
—Reuters, USA Today, 22 July 2025
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Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
The document added that attempts at resuscitating Baldock after he was found were unsuccessful.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 24 July 2025
At least two other affordable housing developers have tried to build on the site in the past but were unsuccessful, Liuzzo said.
—Theresa Clift
july 23, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2025
The pilot attempted to divert the aircraft away from densely populated areas to minimize civilian casualties and damage, but his efforts were unsuccessful and the jet crashed into a building.
—Reuters, USA Today, 22 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsuccessful
Adjective
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Go with the flow, but not toward the beach: Trying to swim directly toward the beach when caught in a rip current is futile and exhausting.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
6 July 2025
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This group saw military responses as futile, as Iran was assumed to have escalation dominance.—
JAMES JEFFREY,
Foreign Affairs,
4 July 2025
Adjective
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Towns and hamlets have been largely pulverized along the front lines and for miles beyond; even American air defenses are mostly useless, because setting them up invites an immediate Russian attack.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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Apart from evidence, some of the most important testimonies in the case were also deemed useless during the investigation.—
Alex Gurley,
People.com,
12 July 2025
Adjective
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Microsoft is well-positioned to run a redo of Valve's abortive Steam Machines effort, only this time without the performance headaches and limited library of Linux ports that plagued that effort.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 June 2025
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In the abortive March 2022 draft deals, Russia even expressed a willingness to return to preinvasion lines.—
Fred Weir,
Christian Science Monitor,
30 May 2025
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“Unsuccessful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsuccessful. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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