successless

English

Etymology

success +‎ -less

Adjective

successless (comparative more successless, superlative most successless)

  1. (now rare) Without success; unsuccessful.
    • 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, I.ii.5:
      “Belfield fired first, and missed; the Baronet was not so successless.”
    • 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview 2001, p. 296:
      How successless that expedient has been in regard to curing me of my passion for her, you know too well.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.