Failed and Owed

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Owed and failed are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Owed" instead a verb "Failed".

Nearby Words: fail, failure, failing

Owed adjective - Not yet paid.

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Failed and owed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Failed" instead a verb "Owed".

It became one of his biggest hits - and also his biggest shame, as much of its popularity was owed to white racists who failed to understand what the song was about.

Source: Old Shame / Music
Their hope was that, even if their uprisings failed, there wouldn't be any record of just how much service they owed their manor lords each year.

Source: Artistic License Economics
In Justified a bookie employed a part time debt collector to collect from gamblers who failed to pay the money they owed.

Source: Evil Debt Collector

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