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failed
adjective as in abortive
Strongest matches
Weak matches
failing, ineffective, ineffectual, miscarried, unavailing, unproductive, useless, vain, worthless
adjective as in bankrupt
Weak matches
adjective as in insolvent
Strong match
Weak matches
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
Strongest matches
abortive, disastrous, doomed, foiled, fruitless, futile, ill-fated, ineffective, ineffectual, losing, thwarted, useless, vain
Example Sentences
Sales can make the difference between a successful year or a failed one.
But supporters say it could be the key to unleashing the kind of urban apartment building boom that years of pro-development legislation in Sacramento have tried, and so far failed, to deliver.
In fact, over the last 50-plus years, a gilded gallery of the well-to-do have tried and spectacularly failed.
The 38-year-old Khawaja failed to open in either innings in Perth because of back spasms, paving the way for Head to seize the opportunity with all guns blazing.
The meeting takes place as the UN says it fears global efforts to limit global temperature rise to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels have failed.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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