14
unfortunately(adverb, sadly, alas, unluckily, disastrously)
5
fruitlessly
5
vainly
4
abortively
4
futilely
4
in vain(expression, idiom, failure)
4
ineffectually
4
unhappily(adverb, by bad luck)
3
badly
3
haplessly(adverb, with sadness)
3
ineffectively(adverb, badly, poorly, carelessly, faultily)
3
pointlessly
3
uselessly
2
poorly
2
unluckily
2
unproductively
2
vain
1
carelessly
1
disastrously(adverb, by bad luck)
1
dismally(adverb, by bad luck)
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