foiled, adj.
disappointingly unsuccessful
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2
defeated disappointed discomfited foiled frustrated thwarted
sample sentences
"disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions""their foiled attempt to capture Calais"
"many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"
"his best efforts were thwarted"
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