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unsuccessful

adjective as in failing

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The challenge was unsuccessful, but it did lead the electoral commission to introduce new measures to ensure greater transparency.

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Alongside the US and Egypt, the Qataris have also played a major role in rounds of so-far unsuccessful talks to broker a ceasefire in the year-long war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

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Trump has said he would abolish the department — a vow that has been an unsuccessful rallying cry of Republican politicians since Ronald Reagan.

In Game 2, Ohtani jammed his left arm in the ground while sliding into second base on an unsuccessful stolen base attempt.

She was unsuccessful, but her political celebrity rocketed Davis to the 2014 gubernatorial nomination and again sent Democratic hopes soaring skyward.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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