adj.

1. Having an unfavorable outcome: an unsuccessful venture.
2. Failing to attain something desired or intended: an unsuccessful entrepreneur.

unsuccessfully un'suc·cess'ful·ly adv.

adjective

Having no useful result: barren, bootless, fruitless, futile, unavailing, unprofitable, useless, vain. Idioms: in vain. See thrive/fail/exist, used/unused.

IN BRIEF: Not ending in the desired outcome.

Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, What's in it for me? — Brian Tracy.

Common misspelling(s) of unsuccessful

• unsuccessfull
• unsucesful
• unsucessfull

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - uden succes

Nederlands (Dutch)
zonder succes/ resultaat, niet geslaagd

Français (French)
adj. - infructueux, sans succès, malheureux, vain, malchanceux, inconnu (un artiste)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - erfolglos

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ανεπιτυχής, αποτυχημένος

Italiano (Italian)
fallito

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - malsucedido

Русский (Russian)
неудачный, неудачливый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - infructuoso, fallido, fracasado, sin éxito

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - misslyckad, olycklig, fruktlös, utan framgång

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
不成功的, 失败的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 不成功的, 失敗的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 성공하지 못한, 실패한, 불운한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 不成功に終わった, 失敗した, 不運の, 不成功の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) فاشل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לא מוצלח, כושל‬

If you are unable to view some languages clearly, click here.

To select your translation preferences click here.