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View definitions for unsuccessfully

unsuccessfully

adverb as in poorly

adverb as in unfortunately

adverb as in vainly

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After trying unsuccessfully to have it returned by the museum, he filed a lawsuit in 2005 in federal court in Los Angeles that has been carried on by his family.

Prosecutors said Tuesday that a DEA agent unsuccessfully attempted to contact Lopez to serve him a trial subpoena, and maintained that his alleged involvement in the conspiracy did not negate Todorova’s guilt.

She also sold $3.3 million worth of Apple stock the man owned and unsuccessfully attempted to withdraw the money from his E-Trade account.

Combs’ attorneys have unsuccessfully sought to exclude evidence they say was leaked, including a 2016 video, which shows Combs and Ventura in a hallway of the Intercontinental Hotel in Los Angeles.

The role required her to move north from London, where she had unsuccessfully stood as Labour's parliamentary candidate in what had been a safe Conservative seat.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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