Fail
Fail verb - To miss the opportunity or obligation.
Usage example: failed to mention that he had already been paid for the job by the homeowner's wife
Heed
Heed verb - To take notice of and be guided by.
Common collocations
| time | fail time | heed time |
Both words in one sentence
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For those who fail to heed the warnings, the result is nasty — no Trauma Inn beyond the supplies you bring, and a finite supply of some truly vicious enemies.
Source: Point of No Return
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Heed and Fail. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fail/heed
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