If you describe something or someone as ~, you mean that they were unlucky or unsuccessful. (LITERARY)
...an ~ attempt to create jobs in Northern Ireland.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
If you describe something or someone as ~, you mean that they were unlucky or unsuccessful. (LITERARY)
...an ~ attempt to create jobs in Northern Ireland.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012