unsuccessful synonyms

unsuccessful

modif.

defeated, disappointed, frustrated, nonsuited, abortive, aborted, disastrous, unprosperous, unproductive, unfortunate, unlucky, futile, vain, in vain, failing, failed, fruitless, worthless, sterile, bootless, unavailing, ineffectual, ineffective, inefficacious, immature, manqué (French), useless, foiled, shipwrecked, overwhelmed, overpowered, broken, overborne, ruined, destroyed, thwarted, crossed, disconcerted, dashed, circumvented, premature, inoperative, of no effect, balked, duped, left holding the sack*, skunked*, stymied*, jinxed*, out of luck*, stuck*.

Antonyms successful*, fortunate*, lucky.

Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus Copyright © 1999 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.