Sentence examples for unfortunate failure from inspiring English sources

I witnessed firsthand President George W. Bush's attempt, and unfortunate failure, to reform Social Security.

It's an unfortunate failure, because the script's time-travel premise offers some cute conundrums of parallel worlds.

After all, our collective failure to grapple with genetic modification on its own terms been accompanied by the equally unfortunate failure to bring its benefits to cultures that might gain the most from it — insect-resistant cassava or drought-tolerant maize could be a boon to subsistence farmers in Africa.

It is an unfortunate failure.

The antipasto plate was good to very good with one unfortunate failure.

Power transmission system of vehicles consist several components which sometimes encounter unfortunate failures.

It's important, therefore, to understand the unpredictable nature of research, and the unexpected benefits (or unfortunate failures) it can throw out.

His quick actions and decisiveness stand in stark contrast to the years before him, when market research led McDonald 'sto reformulate its recipe for special sauce no less than 14 times and launch unfortunate failures like pizzas and deli sandwiches.

The data derived from their successes (and unfortunate failures) will continuously add to the expertise of the platform's creators.

Due to an unfortunate freezer failure in the early 2000s, about half of the stored biological samples were lost.

However unfortunate, the failure to dismiss the captain will have taken some gloss from England's day, 121 runs were scored in the final session, and it remains to be seen how significant the dropped catches prove to be.