failed
/feɪld/ adjective A2- unsuccessful
- Decayed; worn out.
- Bankrupt. · The government is unwilling to bail out the failed bank.
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“The London criminal is certainly a dull fellow,” said he in the querulous voice of the sportsman whose game has failed him.
Had he looked he could hardly have failed to notice the tense rigidity and expectation of her attitude and expression.
When he failed to heal their disputes by his exhortations, he determined to give them a practical illustration of the evils of disunion; and for this purpose he one day told them to bring him a bundle of sticks.
“Truly I should be ungrateful if I failed to mourn for the man who gave me my lovely heart.
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