without success
idiom
: without achieving what one tried to do : unsuccessfully
He tried to repair the engine but without success.
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Once unemployed, older workers struggle to find re-employment for months or years–often without success.
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Sheila Callaham, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
An immigrant from Kazakhstan, who asked the judge not to dismiss his case without success, walked out of the courtroom.
—Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2025
The California Innocence Project took on Mutch’s case, without success.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 23 May 2025
Listen to this article 3 min Pete Rose and his family repeatedly tried to get MLB's all-time hit king back into baseball without success.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2025
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Sheila Callaham, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
An immigrant from Kazakhstan, who asked the judge not to dismiss his case without success, walked out of the courtroom.
—Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2025
The California Innocence Project took on Mutch’s case, without success.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 23 May 2025
Listen to this article 3 min Pete Rose and his family repeatedly tried to get MLB's all-time hit king back into baseball without success.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for without success
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“Without success.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/without%20success. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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