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unsuccessful

adj
/ˌʌnsəkˈsɛsfl̩/

Etymology

From un- + successful.

  1. learned borrowing from successus
  2. suffixed as successful — “success + ful”
  3. formed as unsuccessful — “un- + successful”

Definitions

  1. Failed, not successful.

    • His unsuccessful attempt earned him sympathy, condolences, and an occasional good-natured ribbing.
    • For example, an unsuccessful men's deodorant was successfully remerchandised by repackaging, heavier advertising, a higher price and new brand name 'Brut'.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at unsuccessful. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at unsuccessful. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at unsuccessful

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA