failed

B2 Topic:Time
US /feɪld/
adj verb Freq #1749

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Not successful; having ended without achieving its goal.

    After three failed attempts, she finally passed the exam.

  2. 2
    verb

    Past tense and past participle of fail.

    The plan failed because no one followed it.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · not successful; having... unsuccessful
Word family
Derived forms unfailed

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