Unsuccessfully

Definition: Unsuccessfully

Unsuccessfully

Adverb

1. Without success; "she tried unsuccessfully to persuade him to buy a new car".

Date "unsuccessfully" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1660. (references)

Antonym: successfully (adv). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Failure	Adverb: unsuccessfully; Adjective: to little or no purpose, in vain, re infecta.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Unsuccessfully

English words defined with "unsuccessfully": attempted ♦ Butcher Cumberland ♦ Cumberland ♦ Duke of Cumberland ♦ Ethelred, Ethelred II, Ethelred the Unready ♦ Misassay ♦ William Augustus. (references)

Specialty definitions using "unsuccessfully": Carthagena ♦ Milk ♦ Roundabout. (references)

Etymologies containing "unsuccessfully": Misassay. (references)

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	Beached in eastern Oahu, after it unsuccessfully attempted to enter Pearl Harbor during the 7 December 1941 Japanese attack. The photograph was taken on or shortly after 8 December 1941. Credit: NAVY.		In the surf on an eastern Oahu beach, after it unsuccessfully attempted to enter Pearl Harbor during the 7 December 1941 Japanese attack. Photographed on or shortly after 8 December 1941. Credit: NAVY.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Some people suffering from insomnia spend too much time in bed unsuccessfully trying to sleep. (references)
		I've tried unsuccessfully to find a trigger for my hot flashes, and dressing in layers only helps a little. (references)
Business		Previous governments have unsuccessfully attempted to de-centralize the country. (references)
		Before his death in 1916, Yuan unsuccessfully attempted to name himself emperor. (references)
Civil Liberties	Thailand	The UNHCR unsuccessfully appealed on behalf of those asylum seekers. (references)
	Belgium	Human rights organizations unsuccessfully sought financial aid for the applicants awaiting a determination. (references)
	South Africa	The SANEF continued to lobby unsuccessfully for a formal amendment to the act codifying the terms of the informal agreement. (references)
Economic History	Lithuania	Vagnorius unsuccessfully submitted his resignation in May. (references)
	Guinea	Mid-level officers attempted, unsuccessfully, to turn the rebellion into a coup d'etat. (references)
	Burma	The leadership has also tried unsuccessfully to adopt a policy of import substitution and self-reliance. (references)
Human Rights	Guatemala	In March some 200 persons tried unsuccessfully to lynch a local justice of the peace in Ixchiguan, San Marcos. (references)
Minorities	Cambodia	In several parts of the country, some political parties also unsuccessfully challenged the voter registration rights of ethnic Vietnamese who were citizens. (references)
Political Economy	Uruguay	The Lacalle administration unsuccessfully attempted to privatize a number of state-owned enterprises. (references)
Political Rights	Sierra Leone	Opposition political parties unsuccessfully attempted to prevent the extension. (references)
Worker Rights	Morocco	Unions continue to appeal unsuccessfully for a minimum wage of approximately $180 (2,000 dirhams) per month. (references)
	Equatorial Guinea	Since 1992 the CPDS has tried unsuccessfully to legalize its affiliated Union Sindical de Trabajadores (UST). (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Unsuccessfully" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Unsuccessfully" is used about 358 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adverb (general)	100%	358	15,045

Language		Translations for "unsuccessfully"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		不成功地. (various references)

Finnish		epäonnistuneesti (without success). (various references)

German		erfolglosen, erfolglos (failed, ineffective, luckless, unsuccessful, without success). (various references)

Greek		ανεπιτυχώς. (various references)

Korean		실패하. (various references)

Pig Latin		uccessfullyunsay

Russian		безуспешно (without any success). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"Unsuccessfully" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: unsuccessfull. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "unsuccessfully" (pronounced u'nsukse"sfulē)
10	-s u k s e" s f u l ē	successfully.
5	-s f u l ē	blissfully, forcefully, gracefully, peacefully, purposefully, usefully.
4	-f u l ē	anencephaly, artfully, carefully, cheerfully, delightfully, dreadfully, dutifully, faithfully, fitfully, frightfully, gainfully, gleefully, gratefully, helpfully, hopefully, joyfully, lawfully, manfully, masterfully, meaningfully, mercifully, painfully, pitifully, playfully, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, ruefully, skillfully, tactfully, tastefully, tearfully, thankfully, thoughtfully, truthfully, unlawfully, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully.
3	-u l ē	abnormally, abysmally, accidentally, actually, additionally, agriculturally, anecdotally, angrily, annually, anomaly, arbitrarily, architecturally, artificially, beneficially, bilaterally, bodily, botanically, broccoli, brutally, busily, casually, centrally, cerebrally, chronically, Cicely, circumstantially, civilly, clinically, clumsily, coincidentally, comically, commercially, conceptually, conditionally, confidentially, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continentally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, conventionally, cordially, crazily, criminally, critically, culturally, customarily, cynically, developmentally, diagonally, diametrically, digitally, dismally, diurnally, dorsally, easily, editorially, educationally, eerily, electrically, electronically, emotionally, empirically, environmentally, equally, essentially, eternally, ethically, eventually, exceptionally, experimentally, exponentially, externally, extraordinarily, facsimile, factually, family, fanatically, fatally, federally, finally, financially, fiscally, florally, formally, fractionally, frantically, frugally, functionally, fundamentally, generally, generationally, geographically, giggly, globally, gloomily, governmentally, gradually, gravelly, gravitationally, greedily, habitually, handily, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, hermetically, historically, homily, horizontally, hungrily, icily, illegally, impartially, incidentally, incrementally, individually, industrially, informally, initially, institutionally, intellectually, intentionally, internally, internationally, intrinsically, involuntarily, irrationally, jauntily, journalistically, judicially, lazily, legally, liberally, literally, locally, loyally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, manually, marginally, materially, mathematically, medicinally, mentally, merrily, methodically, metrically, mightily, militarily, mineralogically, minimally, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, monumentally, morally, mortally, multifamily, multilaterally, municipally, mutually, nasally, nationally, nattily, naturally, necessarily, noisily, nominally, normally, novelly, nutritionally, occasionally, officially, oligopoly, operationally, optimistically, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, originally, parenthetically, partially, pathetically, perennially, periodically, peripherally, perpetually, personally, phenomenally, philosophically, physically, politically, potentially, pragmatically, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, procedurally, professionally, proportionally, provincially, provisionally, quintessentially, racially, radially, rationally, readily, regally, regionally, ritualistically, romantically, royally, sardonically, satisfactorily, scantily, scientifically, seasonally, secondarily, semiannually, sequentially, serenely, severally, sexually, skeptically, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, speedily, spiritually, statistically, statutorily, steadily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, subliminally, substantially, subtly, summarily, supremely, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactically, tangentially, technically, technologically, temperamentally, temporally, temporarily, terminally, territorially, testily, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, totally, traditionally, Tripoli, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uncritically, uneasily, unequivocally, unhappily, unilaterally, unintentionally, universally, unnaturally, unnecessarily, unofficially, unusually, usually, virtually, viscerally, visually, vitally, vocally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wittily, wobbly.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-c-e-f-l-l-n-s-s-s-u-u-u-y"
	-2 letters: successfully, unsuccessful.
	-4 letters: successful.
	-5 letters: unsuccess.
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