failed
Example Sentences
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It isn’t just that Starmer is perceived as an indecisive, failed leader who has now been poisoned by runoff from the Epstein scandal.
From Salon
The failed campaigns left his father in financial and emotional turmoil that crippled his marriage when Newsom was a small boy.
From Los Angeles Times
George said they would try the suspect in absentia if he failed to return to Ghana.
From BBC
His research shows the crossing appeared almost every winter until the 1980s, but since then morning temperatures have often failed to fall enough for the lake to freeze over.
From Barron's
Yes, the country has tried and failed at this before, most notably with Operation Breakthrough.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
