Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
unsuccess .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare Lack of success.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic Lack of
success .
Etymologies
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Examples
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We repeat that without an adequate shielding model, PSM will determine the insuccess of the suicidal attempt in the last moment.
The Brain, A Decoded Enigma Dorin T. Moisa
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Persistent insuccess, however, did not prevent a repetition of the same question.
Neologisms. 1908
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But the general insuccess which had so faithfully attended him recently had aroused the long-dormant desire for a general review of the situation with his wife -- perhaps even the furtive hope of some conjugal arrangement tending toward an exchange of views concerning possible alliance.
The Fighting Chance 1899
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"Polly, you ought to have been a lawyer," Uncle Dan remarked, highly amused at the insuccess of her catechising, which he by this time perceived to be harmless.
A Venetian June Anna Fuller 1884
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