- not successful
- a failed writer
- a failed coup
Extra ExamplesTopics Difficulty and failureb2- He still considered himself something of a failed journalist.
- I paid off the debts left by our failed business.
- She already had two failed marriages behind her.
- She ran into financial difficulties after a number of failed ventures.
- The rebel leader fled the country after the failed uprising.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryFailed is used with these nouns:- attempt
- bid
- coup
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