- unsuccessful person
- nouna person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently• Syn: ↑failure, ↑loser, ↑nonstarter• Hypernyms: ↑unfortunate, ↑unfortunate person• Hyponyms:
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unsuccessful — unsuccessfully, adv. unsuccessfulness, n. /un seuhk ses feuhl/, adj. not achieving or not attended with success: an unsuccessful person; an unsuccessful venture. [1610 20; UN 1 + SUCCESSFUL] Syn. hapless, unfortunate, foiled, baffled. * * * … Universalium
unfortunate person — noun a person who suffers misfortune • Syn: ↑unfortunate • Derivationally related forms: ↑unfortunate (for: ↑unfortunate) • Hypernyms: ↑person, ↑individual … Useful english dictionary
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dead duck — noun something doomed to failure he finally admitted that the legislation was a dead duck the idea of another TV channel is now a dead duck as theories go, that s a dead duck • Hypernyms: ↑failure * * * noun 1. : a person or thing that has so… … Useful english dictionary
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failure — fail|ure W2S2 [ˈfeıljə US ər] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(lack of success)¦ 2¦(unsuccessful person/thing)¦ 3 failure to do something 4¦(business)¦ 5¦(machine/body part)¦ 6¦(crops)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(LACK OF SUCCESS)¦ [U and C] a lack of success in achieving or… … Dictionary of contemporary English
