Ancient and Failing

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Ancient adjective - Dating or surviving from the distant past.

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Failing and ancient are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Failing" instead an adjective "Ancient".

Nearby Word: anciently

Failing adjective - Below acceptable in performance.

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Ancient and failing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ancient" instead an adjective "Failing".

Nearby Words: fail, failure, failed

Life on most of the Known Worlds in Fading Suns is supported by ancient terraforming engines, unfortunately many of them are now failing.

Source: Terraform
Failing that, it definitely helps that they taught Le Parkour to royalty in ancient Persia.

Source: Benevolent Architecture
In The Changeling of the Guard, the heroic changeling Idol Hooves explores an entire crypt that's stuffed with ancient booby-traps, completely failing to realize that it's supposed to be dangerous.

Source: Achievements in Ignorance

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