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adjective
- 1. (of an undertaking or a relationship) not achieving its end or not lasting; unsuccessful: "a failed coup attempt"
- 2. (of a mechanism) not functioning properly: "an aircraft with a failed engine"
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not achieving wealth, popularity, or success. unsuccessful He tried for years to get his work published before accepting he was a commercially unsuccessful writer. failed She was a failed singer. frustrated He was a legendary actor, but a frustrated director.
The meaning of FAIL is to lose strength : weaken. How to use fail in a sentence.
to not succeed in what you are trying to achieve or are expected to do: She moved to London in the hope of finding work as a model, but failed. This method of growing tomatoes never fails. fail in He failed in his attempt to break the record. [ + to infinitive ] She failed to reach the Wimbledon Final this year.
Failed definition: falling short of success or achievement in something expected, desired, etc.. See examples of FAILED used in a sentence.
Fail definition: to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved. See examples of FAIL used in a sentence.
Definition of fail verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definition of failed adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
The verb fail describes something that stops working, like brakes in a car that fail, or is found to be unacceptable, like restaurants that fail their inspection for cleanliness. The verb fail comes from the Old French word faillir , meaning “be lacking,” “miss,” or “not succeed.”
If a quality or ability that you have fails you, or if it fails, it is not good enough in a particular situation to enable you to do what you want to do. For once, the artist's fertile imagination failed him.
Definition of fail verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
