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21Unsuccessful attempts to amend the Canadian Constitution — Since the Constitution of Canada was patriated in 1982, there have been a number of failed attempts to amend the document under the new amending formula.To date, only ten minor Amendments to the Constitution of Canada have successfully passed.… …
22unsuccessful — adjective Failed, not successful. His unsuccessful attempt earned him sympathy, condolences...and an occasional good natured ribbing. Ant: successful …
23unsuccessful — adj. Unsuccessful is used with these nouns: ↑applicant, ↑application, ↑attempt, ↑bid, ↑campaign, ↑candidate, ↑coup, ↑effort, ↑endeavour, ↑experiment, ↑negotiation, ↑ …
24unsuccessful — adjective Date: 1617 not successful ; not meeting with or producing success • unsuccessfully adverb …
25unsuccessful — Synonyms and related words: abortive, balked, beaten, bootless, cursed, defeated, foiled, fruitless, frustrated, hapless, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, luckless, sterile, unavailing, unfortunate, unfruitful, unlucky, unproductive,… …
26unsuccessful — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unprosperous, unfortunate, unavailing, unproductive. See failure. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. defeated, disappointed, frustrated, nonsuited, abortive, aborted, disastrous, unprosperous, unproductive …
27unsuccessful — adj. not successful, unavailing, ineffectual, unproductive …
28unsuccessful bid — failed attempt …
29unsuccessful — adjective not successful. Derivatives unsuccessfully adverb unsuccessfulness noun …
30unsuccessful — a. 1. Unavailing, ineffectual, abortive, fruitless, bootless, profitless, vain, futile, in vain. 2. Luckless, unfortunate, unlucky, unprosperous, ill starred, ill fated, unhappy …