Usually means: Effort made to achieve something.
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General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. attempted: Merriam-Webster
  2. attempted: Collins English Dictionary
  3. attempted: Vocabulary.com
  4. Attempted, attempted: Wordnik
  5. attempted: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. attempted: Wiktionary
  7. attempted: Dictionary.com
  8. attempted: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Attempted: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. attempted: Rhymezone
  11. Attempted: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. attempted: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. attempted: FreeDictionary.org
  14. attempted: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. attempted: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. attempted: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  17. attempted: Merriam-Webster

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. attempted: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. attempted: Legal dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Tried, with the connotation of failure.

Similar:
unsuccessful, tried, failed, manage, sought, endeavor, Refused, able, decided, dare, more...

Opposite:
neglected, ignored, avoided, abandoned, dodged

Types:
assassination, more...

Phrases:
attempted suicide, Attempted murder, attempted rape, Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan, Attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II, more...

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Similar:
unsuccessful, tried, failed, manage, sought, endeavor, Refused, able, decided, dare, more...

Opposite:
neglected, ignored, avoided, abandoned, dodged

Types:
assassination, more...

Phrases:
attempted suicide, Attempted murder, attempted rape, Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan, Attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II, Attempted assassination of Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, more...

Colors:
    gray,     yellow,     red,     orange,     blue, more...



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