Synonyms for unsuccessful
- abortive
- disastrous
- doomed
- failed
- foiled
- fruitless
- futile
- ill-fated
- ineffective
- ineffectual
- losing
- thwarted
- useless
- vain
- defeated
- unlucky
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Antonyms for unsuccessful
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failing
adjective. not well, weak
fruitless
adjective. bringing no advantage, product
futile
adjective. hopeless, pointless
- abortive
- barren
- bootless
- delusive
- empty
- exhausted
- forlorn
- fruitless
- hollow
- idle
- impracticable
- impractical
- in vain
- ineffective
- ineffectual
- insufficient
- no dice
- nugatory
- on a treadmill
- otiose
- out the window
- profitless
- resultless
- save one's breath
- sterile
- to no avail
- to no effect
- to no purpose
- trifling
- trivial
- unavailing
- unimportant
- unneeded
- unproductive
- unprofitable
- unreal
- unsatisfactory
- unsubstantial
- unsuccessful
- useless
- vain
- valueless
- worthless
idle
adjective. worthless, ineffective
ill-chosen
adjective. unfortunate
- adverse
- afflicted
- awkward
- broken
- burdened
- calamitous
- cursed
- damaging
- deplorable
- desperate
- destitute
- disastrous
- doomed
- forsaken
- hapless
- hopeless
- ill-fated
- ill-starred
- in a bad way
- inappropriate
- inept
- infelicitous
- inopportune
- jinxed
- lamentable
- luckless
- out of luck
- pained
- poor
- regrettable
- ruined
- ruinous
- shattered
- star-crossed
- stricken
- troubled
- unbecoming
- unfavorable
- unhappy
- unpropitious
- unprosperous
- unsuccessful
- unsuitable
- untoward
- wretched
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
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