Failure Vocabulary

verb The word 'failed' is a verb, which is a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence. In this case, 'failed' indicates that someone did not succeed in a particular task or goal.

• The project failed to meet the deadline due to unforeseen complications.
• I failed my math test because I didn't study enough.
• She failed to show up to the party last night.
• His attempt to win her over failed miserably.

noun a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea

verb to fail to achieve a desired goal or result

article a word that is used with a noun to specify grammatical definiteness of the noun

• The company's latest marketing campaign seemed to miss the mark with their target audience.
• I think your joke just missed the mark with that crowd.
• Her attempt at being funny totally missed the mark.
• His interpretation of the poem completely missed the mark.

noun a term used in college football to describe a situation where a highly ranked team unexpectedly loses to an underdog

• The term 'Clemsoning' is used in college football to describe a highly ranked team unexpectedly losing to an unranked opponent.
• I can't believe they pulled a Clemsoning and lost to that underdog team.
• They really Clemsoned it up in that game, didn't they?
• Her presentation was going well until she Clemsoned it by forgetting her main points.