English-Spanish translations for unsuccessful

• fallido
  Y es que para obtener la primera oveja clónica con vida fueron necesarios doscientos setenta y siete intentos fallidos. After all, 277 unsuccessful attempts were needed to produce the first living cloned sheep.
  Ayer se produjo un intento fallido de asesinar al Presidente del Gobierno de Transición, Abdullahi Yusuf. Yesterday there was an unsuccessful attempt to murder the Transitional President, Abdullahi Yusuf.
  Para Bush, él era un aliado fiel; para otros, una persona propensa a meter la pata, siempre metida en intentos fallidos de aplicar una política equivocada. To Bush, he was a faithful ally, to others, an accident-prone person who always makes unsuccessful attempts at pursuing the wrong policy.

Definition of unsuccessful

• Failed, not successful

Examples

• His unsuccessful attempt earned him sympathy, condolences, and an occasional good-natured ribbing.

Related words

• unsuccessfully
• unsuccessfulness
• unsuckled