failed
B2Frequent NGSL-1UK /feɪld/US /feɪld/
Meaning
adjective
not successful
“a failed writer”
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“So I think it fair to say that, by any conventional measure, a mere seven years after my graduation day, I had failed on an epic scale.”
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