What does successless mean?
Successless means (now rare) Without success; unsuccessful..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(now rare) Without success; unsuccessful..
“Belfield fired first, and missed; the Baronet was not so successless.”
How successless that expedient has been in regard to curing me of my passion for her, you know too well.
Use successless when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Successless means (now rare) Without success; unsuccessful..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
“Belfield fired first, and missed; the Baronet was not so successless.”
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