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failed

[feyld] / feɪld /

ADJECTIVE

abortive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fruitless futile unsuccessful

WEAK

failing ineffective ineffectual miscarried unavailing unproductive useless vain worthless

Antonyms

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fruitful productive profitable

WEAK

complete consummated effectual efficient successful

ADJECTIVE

bankrupt

Synonyms

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broke destitute insolvent

STRONG

depleted exhausted impoverished lacking lost ruined spent

WEAK

in Chapter 11 out of business tapped out

Antonyms

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rich solvent wealthy

STRONG

restored saved successful unused

ADJECTIVE

insolvent

Synonyms

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bankrupt broke indebted strapped

STRONG

lost

WEAK

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

Antonyms

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rich solvent wealthy

WEAK

moneyed

ADJECTIVE

unsuccessful

Synonyms

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abortive disastrous doomed foiled fruitless futile ill-fated ineffective ineffectual losing thwarted useless vain

WEAK

defeated unlucky

Antonyms

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effective effectual fruitful hopeful lucky productive profitable successful useful

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David refused to write the one essay required to graduate, and so failed his finals.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

"I messed up the first three launches, the first three launches failed," co-founder Elon Musk recalled years later.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

Its first three rocket-launch attempts failed, and the company nearly went bankrupt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

The 5th Circuit’s ruling neuters a law that Congress enacted in 2020 to impose nationwide standards on the horse racing industry after the existing state-by-state patchwork failed to prevent equine fatalities and corruption scandals.

From Slate • Jun. 12, 2026

Not the start of any fairy tale, but as a failed first-ever date.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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