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English word

failed

B2Frequent NGSL-1
UK /feɪld/US /feɪld/
adjective

not successful

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Malala Yousafzai's Speech at the United Nations Youth Assembly (2013)
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But they failed.

Malala Yousafzai's Speech at the United Nations Youth Assembly (2013)

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