Englishfor English speakers
assumed
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adjective
(= fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham)
adopted in order to deceive
an assumed name
an assumed cheerfulness
a fictitious address
fictive sympathy
a pretended interest
a put-on childish voice
sham modesty
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.