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failed
adjective as in abortive
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Weak matches
failing, ineffective, ineffectual, miscarried, unavailing, unproductive, useless, vain, worthless
adjective as in bankrupt
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adjective as in insolvent
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Weak matches
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
adjective as in unsuccessful
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abortive, disastrous, doomed, foiled, fruitless, futile, ill-fated, ineffective, ineffectual, losing, thwarted, useless, vain
Example Sentences
The bill, viewed as an effort to intimidate pro-Palestinian groups, failed Tuesday with 145 Democrats and one Republican voting against it.
Earlier this year, Brazil's Supreme Court ordered a nationwide ban on X, after it failed to name a legal representative in the country and suspend accounts for allegedly spreading disinformation.
However, even after El Niño subsided, global freshwater failed to rebound.
So far, she has failed to use her control of the Port of L.A. to take meaningful steps to clean up dirty diesel emissions.
Playing against 14 for half of it, they failed to score a single point.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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