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  • orpheus (Greek mythology) a great musician; when his wife Eurydice died he went to Hades to get her back but failed
  • unsuccessful not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome
  • ypres battle in World War I (1917); an Allied offensive which eventually failed because tanks bogged down in the waterlogged soil of Flanders; Germans introduced mustard gas which interfered with the Allied artillery
  • purse-string operation a surgical procedure in which a suture is used to close the cervix in a pregnant woman; is performed when the cervix has failed to retain previous pregnancies
  • third battle of ypres battle in World War I (1917); an Allied offensive which eventually failed because tanks bogged down in the waterlogged soil of Flanders; Germans introduced mustard gas which interfered with the Allied artillery
  • fourth crusade a Crusade from 1202 to 1204 that was diverted into a battle for Constantinople and failed to recapture Jerusalem
  • second crusade a Crusade from 1145 to 1147 that failed because of internal disagreements among the crusaders and led to the loss of Jerusalem in 1187
  • third crusade a Crusade from 1189 to 1192 led by Richard I and the king of France that failed because an army torn by dissensions and fighting on foreign soil could not succeed against forces united by religious zeal
  • male hypogonadism the state of being a eunuch (either because of lacking testicles or because they failed to develop)
  • self-accusation an admission that you have failed to do or be something you know you should do or be
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