Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not prosperous; not attended with success; unfortunate; unsuccessful.

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  • adjective Not prosperous.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ prosperous

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Examples

  • You no need no specialist knowledge of Welsh politics to realise that this has been an unprosperous enough ground for your party.

    Archive 2008-06-01 2008

  • As J.Phillippe Rushton has noted, it breaks the general pattern of tropical counties being unprosperous – because 75% of its population are ethnic Chinese, a classic demonstration of the IQ/National Wealth thesis.

    Employment And Immigration: Singapore Shows The Way 2010

  • As J.Phillippe Rushton has noted, it breaks the general pattern of tropical counties being unprosperous – because 75% of its population are ethnic Chinese, a classic demonstration of the IQ/National Wealth thesis.

    Illegal Guatemalan Convicted on All Counts in Preventable Colorado Deaths 2010

  • As J.Phillippe Rushton has noted, it breaks the general pattern of tropical counties being unprosperous – because 75% of its population are ethnic Chinese, a classic demonstration of the IQ/National Wealth thesis.

    VDARE.com: Blog Articles » Print » Employment And Immigration: Singapore Shows The Way 2010

  • We never met a man, or woman, or child anywhere in this sunny island who seemed to be unprosperous, or discontented, or sorry about anything.

    Mark Twain in The Atlantic 2007

  • We never met a man, or woman, or child anywhere in this sunny island who seemed to be unprosperous, or discontented, or sorry about anything.

    Mark Twain in The Atlantic 2007

  • We never met a man, or woman, or child anywhere in this sunny island who seemed to be unprosperous, or discontented, or sorry about anything.

    Humor 2007

  • We never met a man, or woman, or child anywhere in this sunny island who seemed to be unprosperous, or discontented, or sorry about anything.

    Humor 2007

  • We never met a man, or woman, or child anywhere in this sunny island who seemed to be unprosperous, or discontented, or sorry about anything.

    Humor 2007

  • Pasha of Egypt, to whose unprosperous rule and miserable career the signification certainly does not apply.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

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