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nonsuccess

noun
non·​suc·​cess | \ ËŒnän-sÉ™k-ˈses How to pronounce nonsuccess (audio) \
plural nonsuccesses

Definition of nonsuccess

1 : a lack or absence of success … an idea that has had varying degrees of nonsuccess since the 1980s.— Molly Wood
2 : something that is not a success "Those with a deep spiritual grounding have a sense of security and self-esteem that allows them to risk, and perhaps gives them the ability to accept and move on from nonsuccesses," …— David Roozen

First Known Use of nonsuccess

1665 , in the meaning defined at sense 1

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