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with no success(expression, unsuccess, idiom)
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worthless(adjective, unsuccess, uselessness, ineffectiveness)
1
abortive(adjective, unsuccess)
1
barren(adjective, ineffectiveness, unsuccess)
1
bootless(adjective, unsuccess, obsolete)
1
doomed(adjective, ineffectiveness, unsuccess)
1
empty(adjective, ineffectiveness, unsuccess)
1
failed(adjective, unsuccess)
1
feebly(adverb, unsuccess)
1
for nothing(adjective, unsuccess)
1
fruitless(adjective, unsuccess)
1
futile(adjective, unsuccess)
1
futilely(adverb, ineffectiveness, unsuccess)
1
hollow(adjective, ineffectiveness, unsuccess)
1
hopeless(adjective, unsuccess)
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idle(adjective, ineffectiveness, unsuccess)
1
impotent(adjective, unsuccess)
1
in an disrespectful manner(adjective, manner, unsuccess, expression)
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in an improper manner(adjective, manner, unsuccess, expression)
1
in an irreverent manner(adjective, manner, unsuccess, expression)
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