Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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fumble | Yes | No | Yes | No |
fail | No | No | Yes | No |
fumble (noun) | fail (noun) |
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(sports) dropping the ball |
fumble (verb) | fail (verb) |
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drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder | stop operating or functioning |
feel about uncertainly or blindly | deteriorate |
handle clumsily | prove insufficient |
make one's way clumsily or blindly | disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake |
make a mess of, destroy or ruin | become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close |
be unsuccessful | |
fail to get a passing grade | |
fail to do something; leave something undone | |
judge unacceptable | |
be unable | |
fall short in what is expected |