Earn and Failed

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Earn verb - To receive as return for effort.

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Failed is an antonym for earn.

Nearby Words: earned, earning, earner

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Earn is an antonym for failed in topics: abandon, be unsuccessful, lose money.

Nearby Words: fail, failure, failing

Xanadu: The protagonist is a failed artist who is reduced to painting advertisements in store windows in order to earn a living.

Source: Magical Girlfriend
Kell's effort to save Jesmin Ackbar earn him one of the highest awards in the New Republic, the Kalidor Crescent, which he sees as a Medal of Dishonor because, well, he failed.

Source: Dying Alone
Failed Attempt at Drama: Ney, in an attempt to earn brownie points with the newly reinstated King Louis XVIII, melodramatically promises to bring back Napoleon to Paris in an iron cage.

Source: Film / Waterloo

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