Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

successless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
suc-cess-less
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without success; unsuccessful.

Archaic

Example Sentences

Etymology

From success + -less.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more successless (comparative) most successless (superlative)

Derived Forms

Questions

What does successless mean?
Without success; unsuccessful.
Where does successless come from?
From success + -less.

How to pronounce successless

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