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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
It wasn’t a nuclear missile that failed to work, it was an interceptor.
Uterus didelphys is a rare congenital condition that develops before birth, when the two tubes that normally form a single uterus fail to fuse properly.
There’s real concern that through many complicated and murky tech deals aimed at bolstering OpenAI’s finances, the startup has become too big to fail.
She said governments had failed to seek the views of NHS staff "because politics gets in the way of it".
Acknowledging that "greed can be a powerful motive, and I consider there was substantial greed here", he nevertheless concluded that Skat has failed to prove it was a victim of deception.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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