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Adverb
▲
In a manner that is not successful
fruitlessly
ineffectually
vainly
profitlessly
futilely
bootlessly
ineffectively
uselessly
in vain
to no avail
to no purpose
without success
to no effect
without result
with no result
for nothing
to little avail
unproductively
unprofitably
abortively
worthlessly
unavailingly
inefficaciously
pointlessly
emptily
otiosely
barrenly
idly
hopelessly
impotently
more ❯
“The book opens with Blanche White in jail for unsuccessfully kiting checks to buy groceries with.”
Adverb
▲
In a poor, unsatisfactory, or inadequate way
terribly
badly
poorly
miserably
inadequately
imperfectly
lamentably
deplorably
unsatisfactorily
woefully
deficiently
lousily
abominably
execrably
erroneously
crudely
incompetently
faultily
incorrectly
diabolically
insufficiently
egregiously
unacceptably
inexpertly
defectively
carelessly
shoddily
ineptly
inefficiently
clumsily
ineffectively
negligently
abjectly
amateurishly
shabbily
inferiorly
awkwardly
blunderingly
feebly
haphazardly
maladroitly
unskillfully
more ❯
Adverb
▲
In a manner of bad luck, or due to an unlucky circumstance
unfortunately
unluckily
regrettably
lamentably
sadly
unhappily
woefully
alas
regretfully
ruefully
agonisinglyUK
agonizinglyUS
bitterly
inconsolably
painfully
disastrously
dismally
grievously
horribly
miserably
fatally
inauspiciously
unfavorablyUS
unfavourablyUK
sad to say
sad to relate
lucklessly
haplessly
adversely
ill-fatedly
more ❯
“But the other side of the paternal coin was the one that most often turned up, that of the unsuccessful dreamer and drifter.”
Adverb
▲
Adverb for having been thwarted or defeated, such as in a contest
losingly
defeatedly
subduedly
frustratedly
lucklessly
haplessly
cowedly
“Some of the students on the unsuccessful team perceived that other team members were not contributing.”
Adverb
▲
Adverb for predisposed to having, or characterized by, bad luck
unfortunately
unluckily
haplessly
lucklessly
unhappily
poorly
wretchedly
cursedly
forlornly
miserably
hopelessly
pitifully
brokenly
desolately
desperately
destitutely
forsakenly
unprosperously
pathetically
pitiably
strickenly
abjectly
afflictedly
painedly
troubledly
woefully
awkwardly
worthlessly
ill-fatedly
damagingly
more ❯
Adverb
▲
Adverb for clumsy or awkward in nature
ineptly
clumsily
bunglingly
awkwardly
crudely
maladroitly
ungracefully
gauchely
roughly
botchedly
unhandily
unproductively
woodenly
artlessly
hopelessly
cack-handedly
ham-handedly
heavy-handedly
Adverb
▲
Adverb for no longer capable, effective or needed
effetely
throughly
decadently
defeatedly
degenerately
uselessly
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