The phrase "a groundbreaking attempt" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an innovative or pioneering effort in a particular field or context.
Example: "The researchers made a groundbreaking attempt to develop a vaccine that could combat the virus effectively."
Alternatives: "a revolutionary effort" or "an innovative endeavor."
In August this year, the Reproducibility Project - a groundbreaking attempt to systematically assess the reliability of published psychological research findings - delivered a grim result.
From EMI's point of view, the system is a groundbreaking attempt to institutionalize a third legitimate music format, the digital download, in conjunction with the CD and cassette.
Written by Heike Görtemaker and published just last week, "Eva Braun: Life with Hitler" is a groundbreaking attempt to dismantle the prevailing ideas about the woman who was Hitler's longtime companion — and, for forty hours, his wife.
More than a million people in the UK are so poor they cannot afford to eat properly, keep clean or stay warm and dry, according to a groundbreaking attempt to measure the scale of destitution in Britain.
When researchers decided to survey attitudes, values and the impact of Sept. 11 among 1,000 Arab-Americans in the Detroit area, they saw their study as a groundbreaking attempt to accurately portray a community that felt stereotyped and under siege.
Jonathan Jones Courtauld Gallery, London, 17 September 17 January Groundbreaking attempt to place pop art in its global context or another rehash of familiar names and images?
So many boards use sex to rise above the clutter that the latest groundbreaking attempt, in which healthy young men and women seem to have literally and completely leapt out of their color-coordinated outfits, barely draws a glance.
These were groundbreaking attempts at rethinking church doctrine in light of the scholarly research about the historical Jesus that had accumulated in previous decades.
The Pulitzer board, critics and many theatergoers have praised "Next to Normal" as a groundbreaking production for its story of a family coping with bipolar disorder, drug addiction, attempted suicide and a tragic death.
It was a groundbreaking experiment.
A groundbreaking is scheduled early next year.
