improsperous

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

IMPROS'PEROUS, adjective [in and prosperous.] Not prosperous; not successful; unfortunate; not yielding profit; not advancing interest; as an improsperous undertaking or voyage. [Unprosperous is the word most generally used in the sense.]
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