He gave up politics after his recent unsuccessful attempt at getting elected.Renunció a la política después de su reciente tentativa infructuosa de ser elegido.
He was an unsuccessful journalist, so he started writing for the tabloids.Era un periodista fracasado, así que empezó a escribir para los diarios sensacionalistas.
he embarked on an unsuccessful business venturese embarcó en un negocio que no tuvo éxito or que fracasó;an unsuccessful writerun escritor que no consiguió el éxito;un escritor fracasado
to be unsuccessfulno tener éxito;fracasar
he tried to revive her but was unsuccessful
their marriage was unsuccessfulel matrimonio fracasó;we regret to inform you that your application for the post has been unsuccessfullamentamos informarle que no ha sido seleccionado para el puesto de trabajo solicitado
after several unsuccessful attempts he managed to start the carthey deployed 50,000 police and troops in an unsuccessful attempt to enforce a ban on demonstrationsafter an unsuccessful effort at meditation I gave upit ended 19 frustrating years of unsuccessful effort to desegregate the schoolshe has been trying to win more time for his, so far, unsuccessful efforts to strike a compromisedescribed her frustrating and unsuccessful effort to find affordable, long-term care for her aging motherthey served side by side with British forces in unsuccessful efforts to defend Malaysia and Singaporea series of unsuccesful job applications
they were unsuccessful in their efforts to reach an agreementfracasaron en sus esfuerzos por llegar a un acuerdo
to be unsuccessful in (doing) sth: he was unsuccessful in getting a jobno consiguió or logró encontrar trabajo
a search for the weapon proved unsuccessfulla búsqueda del arma resultó ser infructuosa
