nonsuccesses
/ˌnɑnsəkˈsɛsɪz/
noun
- Things or people that do not achieve the desired result; failures.
- She viewed her first three novels as nonsuccesses, but she kept writing anyway.
- In the history of science, many experiments are nonsuccesses that still teach us something.
- The company's early products were mostly nonsuccesses, but they learned from each one.