unsuccessfulness
State of failing
Unsuccessfulness is the quality or state of not achieving desired results.
The word is cumbersome and rarely used—failure, lack of success, or simply not succeeding usually serve better.
The unsuccessfulness of the campaign led to budget cuts.
Failure to achieve results
- futilityLack of purpose
- inefficacyInability to achieve intended outcome
- incompetenceLack of required skill
- inadequacyState of being insufficient
insufficiency · shortcoming · nonperformance · underperformance · ineptitude · incapacity · impotence · weakness
Being without something
- routOverwhelming one-sided victory
- downfallSudden loss of power
- collapseSudden structural failure
- ruinComplete destruction or collapse
demise · undoing · beating · trouncing · drubbing · thrashing · shellacking · debacle
Failure to satisfy expectations
- dismayDistressed loss of courage
- heartbreakCrushing emotional pain
- dejectionState of lowness
- discouragementLoss of confidence
disillusionment · dissatisfaction · crestfallen · downheartedness · despondency · unfulfillment · dashed hopes · anticlimax
Something blocking the way
- hindranceBarrier to progress
- impedimentThing that obstructs progress
- stumbling blockObstacle causing difficulty
- roadblockObstruction across a road
barrier · complication · difficulty · reversal · regression · relapse · snag · hiccup
Suffering from difficult circumstances
- toilStrenuous, prolonged effort
- effortApplied energy toward goals
- endeavorPurposeful sustained attempt
- uphill battleDifficult prolonged endeavor
slog · grind · striving · perseverance · persistence · labor · exertion · ordeal
ineffectiveness
Failure to achieve results
- futilityLack of purpose
- inefficacyInability to achieve intended outcome
- incompetenceLack of required skill
inadequacy · insufficiency · shortcoming · nonperformance · underperformance · ineptitude · incapacity · impotence · weakness · fruitlessness
loss
Being without something
ruin · demise · undoing · beating · trouncing · drubbing · thrashing · shellacking · debacle · humiliation
letdown
Failure to satisfy expectations
- dismayDistressed loss of courage
- heartbreakCrushing emotional pain
- dejectionState of lowness
discouragement · disillusionment · dissatisfaction · crestfallen · downheartedness · despondency · unfulfillment · dashed hopes · anticlimax · disenchantment
obstacle
Something blocking the way
- hindranceBarrier to progress
- impedimentThing that obstructs progress
- stumbling blockObstacle causing difficulty
roadblock · barrier · complication · difficulty · reversal · regression · relapse · snag · hiccup · holdup
hardship
Suffering from difficult circumstances
- toilStrenuous, prolonged effort
- effortApplied energy toward goals
- endeavorPurposeful sustained attempt
uphill battle · slog · grind · striving · perseverance · persistence · labor · exertion · ordeal · trial
unsuccessfulnesssuccessfulness
State of achieving goals
success · achievement · triumph · accomplishment · victory
success, recess, necessary, access, process, succeed, successful, recession, necessity