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failed
adjective as in abortive
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failing, ineffective, ineffectual, miscarried, unavailing, unproductive, useless, vain, worthless
adjective as in bankrupt
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adjective as in insolvent
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broken, busted, foreclosed, in Chapter 11, in Chapter 13, in receivership, in the red, on the rocks, out of money, taken to the cleaners, unbalanced, undone, wiped-out
adjective as in unsuccessful
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abortive, disastrous, doomed, foiled, fruitless, futile, ill-fated, ineffective, ineffectual, losing, thwarted, useless, vain
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Example Sentences
Ultimately, Gow says, the brothers failed in their efforts to recreate the Auroch.
This is the Mexico that has been called a “failed state” — most recently by Jose “Pepe” Mujica, the president of Uruguay.
Their first attempt to unseat the House speaker failed miserably, so why not try again?
Apparently, the company “failed to properly test its systems.”
Yet meaningful negotiations to free the hostages have failed to get off the ground.
But with all her advantages Miss Solomonson failed with the old lord, and she abuses him to this day.
This was my sincere endeavor, in those many discourses I had with that monarch, although it unfortunately failed of success.
He failed to see that this man had suffered bitterly through his evil machinations.
History gives them scant notice, and the Federal government has failed to reward them as they deserve.
Probably his Private Secretary, considering you a new man, will have failed to furnish the necessary information.
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On this page you'll find 90 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to failed, such as: fruitless, futile, unsuccessful, failing, ineffective, and ineffectual.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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