without success
idiom
: without achieving what one tried to do : unsuccessfully
He tried to repair the engine but without success.
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Sometime later, someone reportedly tried without success to sell the book in Dallas, Texas.
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Asaf Elia-Shalev, Sun Sentinel, 26 Sep. 2024
Boiling point For years, restaurants have experimented with no-tip policies, largely without success.
—thehustle.co, 19 July 2024
This is hardly the first time that news has circulated quickly on the social media networks even as Moscow has tried to keep a lid on the story without success.
—Peter Suciu, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Researchers have tried without success to develop new class of schizophrenia medications since the last wave of dopamine-blocking antipsychotics emerged in the 1990s.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2024
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Asaf Elia-Shalev, Sun Sentinel, 26 Sep. 2024
Boiling point For years, restaurants have experimented with no-tip policies, largely without success.
—thehustle.co, 19 July 2024
This is hardly the first time that news has circulated quickly on the social media networks even as Moscow has tried to keep a lid on the story without success.
—Peter Suciu, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Researchers have tried without success to develop new class of schizophrenia medications since the last wave of dopamine-blocking antipsychotics emerged in the 1990s.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2024
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“Without success.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/without%20success. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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