ALL meanings of failed
failed
F f - adjective failed business 1
- adjective failed marriage: unsuccessful 1
- adjective failed unsuccessful 1
- adjective failed unsuccessful; failed: a totally fail policy. 1
- adjective failed Slang. of or noting an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc.: the top 100 funniest fail photos on the Internet. embarrassingly incompetent, stupid, etc: Why am I so fail? very bad or of inferior quality. 1
- verb without object failed to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning. 1
- verb without object failed to receive less than the passing grade or mark in an examination, class, or course of study: He failed in history. 1
- verb without object failed to be or become deficient or lacking; be insufficient or absent; fall short: Our supplies failed. 1
- verb without object failed to dwindle, pass, or die away: The flowers failed for lack of rain. 1
- verb without object failed to lose strength or vigor; become weak: His health failed after the operation. 1
- verb without object failed to become unable to meet or pay debts or business obligations; become insolvent or bankrupt. 1
- verb without object failed (of a building member, structure, machine part, etc.) to break, bend, crush, or be otherwise destroyed or made useless because of an excessive load. 1
- verb without object failed to stop functioning or operating: The electricity failed during the storm. 1
- verb without object failed Slang. to make an embarrassing or humorous mistake, be in a humiliating situation, etc., and be subject to ridicule: Showed up late to the wedding? You fail! to be embarrassingly incompetent, stupid, etc.: She fails at life. I just failed at walking and fell on my face. to be bad or of inferior quality: The play is terrible—even the music fails. 1
- verb with object failed to be unsuccessful in the performance or completion of: He failed to do his duty. 1
- verb with object failed (of some expected or usual resource) to prove of no use or help to: His friends failed him. Words failed her. 1
- verb with object failed to receive less than a passing grade or mark in: He failed history. 1
- verb with object failed to declare (a person) unsuccessful in a test, course of study, etc.; give less than a passing grade to: The professor failed him in history. 1
- noun failed Slang. an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance: Their app update is a massive fail. the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way: His online post is full of fail. a person who fails in this way. 1
- noun failed Stock Exchange. a stockbroker's inability to deliver or receive security within the required time after sale or purchase. such an undelivered security. 1
- noun failed Obsolete. failure as to performance, occurrence, etc. 1
- idioms failed without fail, with certainty; positively: I will visit you tomorrow without fail. 1
- noun failed (of an undertaking or a relationship) not achieving its end or not lasting; unsuccessful. 1
- adjective failed unsuccessful; abortive 0
- adjective failed that has broken down 0