Bested and Foiled

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Foiled and bested are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Foiled" instead an adjective "Bested".

Nearby Word: besting

Foiled adjective - Disappointingly unsuccessful.

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Bested and foiled are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bested" instead an adjective "Foiled".

Nearby Words: foil, foiling

In Brave10, Saizou was famous for his skills and was considered to be unbeaten until he met Hattori Hanzo, who frustratingly proved to be more than his match, such that Hanzo was foiled by his own arrogance at the climax instead of bested in a fight.

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