Bad and Fail

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Bad noun - That which is morally unacceptable.

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Fail and bad are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fail" instead a noun "Bad".

Nearby Words: badly, badness

Fail verb - To stop functioning.

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Bad and fail are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bad" instead a noun "Fail".

Nearby Words: failure, failing, failed

Fail to piledrive Django in time, bite Lita at night, join forces with the big bad or fail to draw enough sunlight when Jörmungandr swallows you.

Source: Video Game / Boktai
The direct opposite is Fail/Bad, the ending of many horror films, in which the Hero just couldn't find a way to win (and, in many stories, dies horribly).

Source: Dramatica
If you fail to get one of the three girls to like you within 100 game days, you get the "bad ending" and cannot continue to the second part of the game.

Source: Video Game / Love Plus

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