as in futile
producing no results
an unsuccessful attempt to fix the faucet ourselves
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Recent Examples of unsuccessful
Gaetz sued the committee to prevent the release but was unsuccessful.
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Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Jan. 2025
He’s been largely unsuccessful, especially when returning to Raleigh.
—Cory Lavalette, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
After several unsuccessful attempts, Budden returned to his apartment, Edgewater Police said Monday in a news release.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
After another unsuccessful attempt at welterweight, Gastelum is coming back up to middleweight for the fight with Pfyer.
Pyfer and Gastelum are among the most dangerous strikers in the division.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Jan. 2025
He’s been largely unsuccessful, especially when returning to Raleigh.
—Cory Lavalette, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
After several unsuccessful attempts, Budden returned to his apartment, Edgewater Police said Monday in a news release.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
After another unsuccessful attempt at welterweight, Gastelum is coming back up to middleweight for the fight with Pfyer.
Pyfer and Gastelum are among the most dangerous strikers in the division.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsuccessful
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In my experience, even attempting to get a price estimate beforehand is often futile.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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Unnecessary pesticides are costly and often futile, and hey may kill beneficial insects and plants.Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
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Without that essential training to help surmount powerful systemic barriers, the kit would have been useless—and in that sense, the job is still woefully unfinished.Sheila McClear, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2025
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Esoteric knowledge of the parks, essentially useless anywhere else, is suddenly incredibly useful.Darryn King, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Trump had abortive talks with Democrats on issues ranging from guns to immigration, though little came of them.W. James Antle III, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Jan. 2025
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One is Eliot Spitzer, who during his abortive tenure as governor, knocked heads to get slow-mo insurers to pay the giant settlement that a court had awarded to Silverstein.Justin Davidson, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2024
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“Unsuccessful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsuccessful. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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