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adolescent
Noun
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An adolescent is a person or animal that is older than a child but younger than an adult.
The teacher worked mostly with adolescents.
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An adolescent is a person going through sexual maturation.
adolescent
Adjective
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If something is adolescent it is typical of adolescents.
The woman still had an adolescent appearance.
failure
Noun
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A failure is someone or something that fails, or does not achieve a goal.
I was a failure at my first job.
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A failure is an attempt that does not succeed.
The rocket launch was a failure because of bad weather.