without success

phrase

: without achieving what one tried to do : unsuccessfully
He tried to repair the engine but without success.

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Lebanese officials have pushed for a last-minute extension of UNIFIL's mandate, so far without success. — Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026 Lebanese officials have pushed for a last-minute extension of UNIFIL’s mandate, so far without success. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 Kaufman argued that Israel had spent nearly a year waiting for American diplomacy to end Hezbollah's attacks on its northern communities, without success. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026 And as the team moved into the couple’s guest house on their San Diego rental property, the filmmakers feared that the home was bugged and ordered a device to try to de-bug it, without success. — Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for without success

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without (so much as) a by your leave
without success
without the aid of
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“Without success.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/without%20success. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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