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fail
verb as in be unsuccessful
Strongest matches
Strong matches
abort, backslide, blunder, deteriorate, fizzle, flop, flounder, fold, founder, miscarry, miss, slip
Weak matches
back wrong horse, be defeated, be demoted, be found lacking, be in vain, be ruined, come to naught, come to nothing, fall flat, fall short, fall through, go astray, go down, go down swinging, go downhill, go up in smoke, go wrong, hit bottom, hit the skids, lose control, lose out, lose status, meet with disaster, miss the boat, play into, run aground, turn out badly
verb as in abandon, forsake
verb as in lose money
Example Sentences
Eight years on, critics argue he has failed to do so and is struggling to manage the cost-of-living crisis - and though falling slightly, the annual inflation rate remains high at around 18%.
If that does not happen, Swinney will argue that the UK government failed to bring home a deal that he set up.
He said the party would achieve this by focusing on the "massive issue" of social care, because Labour had failed "dramatically".
But the EV maker has also failed to entice consumers through new, more affordable vehicles, despite its release of a new Model Y version this year.
The United States has officially named Colombia as a country which has "demonstrably failed" to uphold its obligations to control drug trafficking, but stopped short of cutting off the flow of US aid to Colombia.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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