| English | Russian |
| an unsuccessful attempt at face-saving | неудачная попытка спасти престиж (и т. п.) |
| make unsuccessful attempts | безуспешно пытаться (The Government of Colombia made unsuccessful attempts to claim his extradition from Israel. 4uzhoj) |
| unfortunately, the attempts to extract DNA from frozen mammoths have been unsuccessful | попытки получить образцы ДНК (bigmaxus) |
| unsuccessful work attempt | неудачная попытка работы (ssn) |