unsuccessful

Questions about unsuccessful

What does unsuccessful mean?

unsuccessful means "not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in unsuccessful?

unsuccessful has 4 syllables: un-suc-cess-ful. The stress falls on "cess". In IPA it is /ˌʌnsəkˈsɛsfəl/.

What is another word for unsuccessful?

Close synonyms include abortive, stillborn. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of unsuccessful?

The recorded antonyms are successful.

Is unsuccessful a common word?

unsuccessful is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with unsuccessful?

1 word rhymes with unsuccessful. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.