failed
adjective
[ feɪld ]
• (of an undertaking or a relationship) not achieving its end or not lasting; unsuccessful.
• "a failed coup attempt"
• (of a mechanism) not functioning properly.
• "an aircraft with a failed engine"
fail
verb
• be unsuccessful in achieving one's goal.
• "he failed in his attempt to secure election"
• neglect to do something.
• "the firm failed to give adequate risk warnings"
• cease to work properly; break down.
• "a lorry whose brakes had failed"
Similar:
break down,
break,
stop working,
cease to function,
cut out,
stop,
stall,
crash,
give out,
malfunction,
act up,
go wrong,
develop a fault,
be faulty,
be defective,
conk out,
go kaput,
go phut,
give up the ghost,
go on the blink,
be on the blink,
pack up,
play up,
Opposite:
work,
be in working order,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French faillir (verb), faille (noun), based on Latin fallere ‘deceive’.
