unsuccessful

an unsuccessful business venture.

an unsuccessful attempt to enter Parliament.

He made an unsuccessful attempt to stop the thief.

Unsuccessful in mathematics, the student turned to biology.

The problem merely ramified after the unsuccessful meeting.

I went into the job with my eyes open—everyone knows what happens to an unsuccessful manager.

They all looked tired and fretful after several unsuccessful trials.

All her attempts to find a better job were unsuccessful; it seemed that the dice were loaded against her.

In 2003, Turkey refused to accept the ship for shipbreaking, and in addition, a German ship broker was unsuccessful in his attempt to remove visible asbestos from ship in Italy when costs skyrocketed.

To their fury, they had been unsuccessful.

So overall, was the journey unsuccessful?

And so far, people have been unsuccessful in exterminating them long term.

This was all unsuccessful, so he tried personal insults.

There were three unsuccessful votes to find a replacement.

Workers say negotiations have been unsuccessful as unions claim.

I think he would have seen himself as unsuccessful.

The book looked like a list of unsuccessful experiments.

Needless to say, the doctors were unsuccessful in helping him.

So things that are hit or miss are often unsuccessful.