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attempted

/əˈtɛmptɪd/
adjective
  1. Done as an effort to achieve something, especially when the effort was not successful or was stopped.
    • She survived an attempted murder when she was a child.
    • The police arrested him for attempted robbery.
    • The attempted rescue of the hikers failed due to bad weather.
verb
  1. Past tense of attempt: tried to do something, especially something difficult.
    • The student attempted the hardest math problem on the test.
    • He attempted to climb the mountain but turned back halfway.
    • They attempted a new recipe for the dinner party.
Synonyms
tried
Antonyms
abandoned
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