thwarted

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adjective

disappointingly unsuccessful
- disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions
- their foiled attempt to capture Calais
- many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers
- his best efforts were thwarted
• Syn:
defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated
• Similar to:
unsuccessful
• Derivationally related forms:
discomfited (for: discomfited)