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Definition of failed in English: failedadjective feɪldfeɪld 1attributive (of an undertaking or a relationship) not achieving its end or not lasting; unsuccessful. Example sentencesExamples - Since then, his movie career has largely consisted of false leads and failed promises.
- We should not continue to use the failed nationwide strategy, election after election.
- The machine tool engineer has suffered from kidney complications since birth and had already had one failed kidney transplant.
- If ever there was a perfect movie to accompany the guilt and loss of a failed relationship then this would have to be it.
- After a failed transplant operation her big-hearted mother, Jeanette Grant, donated one of her own kidneys.
- I just hate to think that all I can get out of a failed relationship is a few good memories, a few bad ones and that's it.
- I have not had an easy life due to failed relationships and this causes my parents to worry about me even though I am thirty seven years old now.
- Such individuals may mistakenly conclude that the decline of passionate love is a sign of a failed relationship.
- They believe that displaying the objects associated with a failed relationship is better therapy than destroying them.
- Brian Friel's early play is a catalogue of failed connections and opportunities missed by the narrowest of margins.
- Yet, you continue to espouse the virtues of this failed experiment.
- They had been discussing how to repay some of the debts Thompson had accumulated from a failed relationship.
- He had suffered the brunt of a failed relationship with that other woman.
- An earlier documentary about her trips there was never shown after the television company made a failed legal bid to lift the injunction.
- The alleged offences related to a failed property development scheme in Rhodesia.
- She is tired of her ‘Tragic Annie’ tag, the depressed woman with the string of failed relationships.
- This projection staged a woman driving in a car relating her experience of a failed love relationship.
- I could list a host of ways the taxpayer could get far better value for money than continuing the present failed scheme.
- The press has labelled the failed settlement a power-sharing agreement.
- It is reported that she had her share of physical problems such as epilepsy but her real problem was a series of failed relationships.
- Since rebels launched a failed coup attempt two years ago, the country has been split in two.
- Leeds Crown Court was told on his conviction that he had faced financial ruin over the failed libel action.
- Well, we think it's just a continuation of the failed trade policies of the past ten years.
Synonyms fruitless, vain, pointless - 1.1 (of a person) unsuccessful in a particular activity.
Example sentencesExamples - There is much less risk of bias here than in the sourness of the failed artist who has had to turn to criticism to live.
- Copy editors can't be taken lightly and brushed off as a bunch of failed writers.
- I am a writer, some would say a failed writer, but really, how is it possible to fail at writing?
- The failed artist, Burton seems to be saying, is not just a hack, but a naive person with a vision.
- One failed candidate shrugged, and said that he would just have to try harder next time.
- A failed student, who also turns sexually rash, Rajan runs away from the taunts and threats of his father.
- Cash's cover invokes an image of an epic judgment day for a planet festering with failed lovers.
- Many illegal immigrants and failed asylum seekers will be unable to pay.
- Fayed is embroiled in a dispute with Thurso, whom he accuses of misusing his position to promote a failed businessman.
- His father was a failed musician who worked at various sports halls.
- A failed manager provides a suitable focus for anger and disappointment.
- Tahsin's other friend Umut is a failed actor, drinking himself to death.
- A failed teacher in Trinidad moves to the country to become a writer.
- You can take your Olympians and your failed athletes, I'll stick with old Captain Bob if its all the same.
- As C pointed out, he is a former golf pro (and a failed teacher), so it's almost expected of him.
- The failed thief drew both of his blades, and with a swift motion stepped forward, turned, and attacked.
- They found that each bank engaged in about a dozen deals that involve questionable transactions with the failed energy trader.
- Again he added to his holdings by taking over sections from failed farmers, as well as a block selected by his son Frank.
- He himself plays the failed directors in Prénom: Carmen and Soigne ta droite.
- He is a failed musician whose dream in life is to own an actual fork from the Titanic.
Synonyms unprofitable, unprosperous, loss-making - 1.2 (of a business) unable to continue owing to financial difficulties.
a failed transport company Example sentencesExamples - Dearnley's precarious financial position stemmed from debts from a failed company he set up and a careless approach to money.
- I was declared bankrupt after a failed business venture and then divorced my second wife.
- Your writer gave a very accurate picture of the sad story of a failed business in a small community.
- Bet there are plenty of failed dotcom business models they could get their hands on.
- Mr. Muhammad, who has a series of failed businesses in his past, hung up the telephone on a reporter who called for comment.
- Many were curious about my failed business ventures and relocation to deepest West Sussex.
- What's more, his failed business schemes kept the family one step ahead of the creditors.
- He said the musical was about a family who live in a large flat over a warehouse where Reg had his failed costume business.
- Several failed business ventures affected his mental state and he committed suicide in 1966, aged 37.
- If industry prices are high, and artists keep protesting, their predictions of a failed industry will come true.
- The law creates a mechanism for shutting down failed credit cooperatives using money from the restructuring fund.
- To add a pinch of salt to his wound, he is currently filming a television series about how to resurrect failed restaurant businesses.
- After all, business history is littered with failed Western investments in China.
- But he never recaptured his previous form and lost thousands of pounds in failed business deals.
2attributive (of a mechanism) not functioning properly. an aircraft with a failed engine Example sentencesExamples - The Boston was forced to land in choppy seas because of a failed oil pump.
- We continued our descent to land as I called the tower and reported a failed engine.
- You can get backup power sources, but there's nothing you can do for a failed connection.
- Back at the workshop this was proved correct - no problem with the engine, just a failed sensor.
- Failing one engine, he brought the aircraft to a stall to stop the rotation of the failed engine's prop.
- Anyway, the problem turned out to be a failed sensor, not any actual mechanical system that makes the car work.
- The rescue craft is normally based at Cottage Point but for the last ten months has been idle because of a failed engine.
- What is the quickest and most efficient way to determine the root cause of a failed transmission system?
- A failed filter can permanently ruin the entire drip system in a very short period of time.
- Hard dies are a proven process where the amount of failed parts can be projected.
- Maintenance determined the cause of the fire was a failed weld on the engine-bleed-air line.
Definition of failed in US English: failedadjectivefeɪldfāld 1(of an undertaking or a relationship) not achieving its end or not lasting; unsuccessful. Example sentencesExamples - I have not had an easy life due to failed relationships and this causes my parents to worry about me even though I am thirty seven years old now.
- Leeds Crown Court was told on his conviction that he had faced financial ruin over the failed libel action.
- Well, we think it's just a continuation of the failed trade policies of the past ten years.
- They believe that displaying the objects associated with a failed relationship is better therapy than destroying them.
- They had been discussing how to repay some of the debts Thompson had accumulated from a failed relationship.
- The press has labelled the failed settlement a power-sharing agreement.
- I just hate to think that all I can get out of a failed relationship is a few good memories, a few bad ones and that's it.
- He had suffered the brunt of a failed relationship with that other woman.
- Brian Friel's early play is a catalogue of failed connections and opportunities missed by the narrowest of margins.
- The machine tool engineer has suffered from kidney complications since birth and had already had one failed kidney transplant.
- Since rebels launched a failed coup attempt two years ago, the country has been split in two.
- I could list a host of ways the taxpayer could get far better value for money than continuing the present failed scheme.
- Such individuals may mistakenly conclude that the decline of passionate love is a sign of a failed relationship.
- Since then, his movie career has largely consisted of false leads and failed promises.
- It is reported that she had her share of physical problems such as epilepsy but her real problem was a series of failed relationships.
- An earlier documentary about her trips there was never shown after the television company made a failed legal bid to lift the injunction.
- After a failed transplant operation her big-hearted mother, Jeanette Grant, donated one of her own kidneys.
- Yet, you continue to espouse the virtues of this failed experiment.
- She is tired of her ‘Tragic Annie’ tag, the depressed woman with the string of failed relationships.
- If ever there was a perfect movie to accompany the guilt and loss of a failed relationship then this would have to be it.
- This projection staged a woman driving in a car relating her experience of a failed love relationship.
- We should not continue to use the failed nationwide strategy, election after election.
- The alleged offences related to a failed property development scheme in Rhodesia.
Synonyms fruitless, vain, pointless - 1.1 (of a person) unsuccessful in a particular activity, especially not good enough to make a living by it.
Example sentencesExamples - The failed artist, Burton seems to be saying, is not just a hack, but a naive person with a vision.
- Again he added to his holdings by taking over sections from failed farmers, as well as a block selected by his son Frank.
- Copy editors can't be taken lightly and brushed off as a bunch of failed writers.
- Fayed is embroiled in a dispute with Thurso, whom he accuses of misusing his position to promote a failed businessman.
- Cash's cover invokes an image of an epic judgment day for a planet festering with failed lovers.
- A failed student, who also turns sexually rash, Rajan runs away from the taunts and threats of his father.
- His father was a failed musician who worked at various sports halls.
- One failed candidate shrugged, and said that he would just have to try harder next time.
- Tahsin's other friend Umut is a failed actor, drinking himself to death.
- Many illegal immigrants and failed asylum seekers will be unable to pay.
- As C pointed out, he is a former golf pro (and a failed teacher), so it's almost expected of him.
- A failed manager provides a suitable focus for anger and disappointment.
- He is a failed musician whose dream in life is to own an actual fork from the Titanic.
- I am a writer, some would say a failed writer, but really, how is it possible to fail at writing?
- He himself plays the failed directors in Prénom: Carmen and Soigne ta droite.
- A failed teacher in Trinidad moves to the country to become a writer.
- You can take your Olympians and your failed athletes, I'll stick with old Captain Bob if its all the same.
- They found that each bank engaged in about a dozen deals that involve questionable transactions with the failed energy trader.
- The failed thief drew both of his blades, and with a swift motion stepped forward, turned, and attacked.
- There is much less risk of bias here than in the sourness of the failed artist who has had to turn to criticism to live.
Synonyms unprofitable, unprosperous, loss-making - 1.2 (of a business) unable to continue due to financial difficulties.
Example sentencesExamples - After all, business history is littered with failed Western investments in China.
- I was declared bankrupt after a failed business venture and then divorced my second wife.
- Bet there are plenty of failed dotcom business models they could get their hands on.
- He said the musical was about a family who live in a large flat over a warehouse where Reg had his failed costume business.
- Many were curious about my failed business ventures and relocation to deepest West Sussex.
- Several failed business ventures affected his mental state and he committed suicide in 1966, aged 37.
- What's more, his failed business schemes kept the family one step ahead of the creditors.
- The law creates a mechanism for shutting down failed credit cooperatives using money from the restructuring fund.
- Mr. Muhammad, who has a series of failed businesses in his past, hung up the telephone on a reporter who called for comment.
- Dearnley's precarious financial position stemmed from debts from a failed company he set up and a careless approach to money.
- To add a pinch of salt to his wound, he is currently filming a television series about how to resurrect failed restaurant businesses.
- But he never recaptured his previous form and lost thousands of pounds in failed business deals.
- If industry prices are high, and artists keep protesting, their predictions of a failed industry will come true.
- Your writer gave a very accurate picture of the sad story of a failed business in a small community.
2(of a mechanism) not functioning properly; broken-down. an aircraft with a failed engine Example sentencesExamples - The rescue craft is normally based at Cottage Point but for the last ten months has been idle because of a failed engine.
- What is the quickest and most efficient way to determine the root cause of a failed transmission system?
- Hard dies are a proven process where the amount of failed parts can be projected.
- We continued our descent to land as I called the tower and reported a failed engine.
- Back at the workshop this was proved correct - no problem with the engine, just a failed sensor.
- Maintenance determined the cause of the fire was a failed weld on the engine-bleed-air line.
- You can get backup power sources, but there's nothing you can do for a failed connection.
- A failed filter can permanently ruin the entire drip system in a very short period of time.
- The Boston was forced to land in choppy seas because of a failed oil pump.
- Failing one engine, he brought the aircraft to a stall to stop the rotation of the failed engine's prop.
- Anyway, the problem turned out to be a failed sensor, not any actual mechanical system that makes the car work.
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