failed
adjective[before noun]
uk/feɪld/us/feɪld/having notsucceeded:
不成功的，失败的a failedactress/writer不成功的女演员／作家
She has two failedmarriagesbehind her.她已经历过两次失败的婚姻。
not achieving wealth, popularity, or success
- unsuccessfulHe tried for years to get his work published before accepting he was a commercially unsuccessful writer.
- failedShe was a failed singer.
- frustratedHe was a legendary actor, but a frustrated director.
- strugglingThe struggling actor was cut from yet another film.
- on the ropesAfter that scandal, the MP is really on the ropes.
not producing a desired result
- unsuccessfulOur attempts to change the law were unsuccessful.
- failedThe company went bankrupt pouring money into yet another failed product.
- badSales have been really bad this quarter.
- fruitlessAll our pleas that she remain in university were fruitless - she left anyway.
- unfruitfulThe negotiations were unfruitful.
Unsuccessful (people and things)
- abortive
- achiever
- be dead in the wateridiom
- botched
- counterproductive
- flatline
- futile
- go/get/head nowhereidiom
- inauspicious
- lame duck
- no-win
- rope
- small-time
- small-timer
- stillborn
- struggling
- unavailing
- vain
- vainly
- washed up