unsuccessful

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If workers are patient, or unsuccessful, inflation may fall back to pre-war rates even without a rise in borrowing costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

It was ugly, basic - on this occasion unsuccessful, although Maguire did have a header cleared off the line by Yukinari Sugawara in a rare moment of danger for Japan's defence.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

We will present four successful and numerous unsuccessful formulations.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

Attorneys for the Ramos family have appealed the decision, but if that appeal is unsuccessful the family could be deported to Ecuador.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

From the onset of adolescence she’d been subjected to a series of unsuccessful schemes; every so often a small group of unmarried Bengali men materialized in the house, young colleagues of her father’s.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri