failed

Meanings

Verb

• fail to do something; leave something undone
  • "She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"
  • "The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account"
• be unsuccessful
  • "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
• disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake
  • "His sense of smell failed him this time"
  • "His strength finally failed him"
  • "His children failed him in the crisis"
• stop operating or functioning
  • "The engine failed on the way to town"
• be unable
• judge unacceptable
  • "The teacher failed six students"
• fail to get a passing grade
  • "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"
• fall short in what is expected
  • "She failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law"
• become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close
  • "A number of banks failed that year"
• prove insufficient
  • "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought"
• get worse
• simple past and past participle of fail

Adj

• unsuccessful
• Decayed; worn out.
• Bankrupt.

Synonyms

betray, bomb, break, break down, conk out, die, fail, flunk, flush it, give out, give way, go, go bad, go wrong, miscarry, neglect, run out

Antonyms

manage, pass, succeed