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adjective falling short of success or achievement in something expected, desired, etc.: bad memories from a failed relationship; a failed attempt to save his daughter.
Origin of failed First recorded in 1650–60; fail + -ed2
Words nearby failed FAI, Faial, Faidherbe, faience, fail, failed , failed star, failed state, failing, faille, fail-safe
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Example sentences from the Web for failed This is the Mexico that has been called a “failed state” — most recently by Jose “Pepe” Mujica, the president of Uruguay.
Why Mexicans Are Enraged by Obama’s Big Tuesday Meeting | Ruben Navarrette Jr.| January 6, 2015| DAILY BEAST
Apparently, the company “failed to properly test its systems.”
Best Buy Punches Back at Amazon | William O’Connor| December 27, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Female business leaders offer the hope of a private solution where a public one failed .
The Women Battling an Islamist Strongman | Christina Asquith| December 22, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Her relationship with him had failed , Alison told Cole, because he reminded her of their dead son.
What On Earth Is ‘The Affair’ About? Season One’s Baffling Finale | Tim Teeman| December 22, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Nevetheless, Democratic rule has not only failed to halt the trend, but appears to have accelerated it.
Time to Bring Back the Truman Democrats | Joel Kotkin| December 21, 2014| DAILY BEAST
And I've not only failed in nearly everything I undertook, but I've been a fool besides.
A Yankee from the West | Opie Read
The love that had changed him and the life that had failed him seemed utterly misrelated.
The commission was sent for, and Riel tried to intercept the messenger, but failed to do so.
The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company | George Bryce
Both Hussey and McCormick asked for extensions of their patents, but they failed to get them.
The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century. | Edward W. Byrn
I can with great satisfaction say that this means hardly ever failed me.
The Art of War | Baron Henri de Jomini
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Words related to failed decline, fall, break down, ignore, neglect, break, close, drop, finish, end, founder, flounder, flop, blunder, fold, abort, fizzle, slip, miscarry, miss