Definitions for attempted
at·tempt·ed

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. attempted(adj)

   tried unsuccessfully

   "attempted murder"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. attempted(Adjective)

   Tried, with the connotation of failure.

   She is facing jail time for attempted-robbery.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Attempted

   of Attempt

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'attempted' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3554

How to pronounce attempted?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of attempted in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of attempted in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of attempted in a Sentence

1. Charles de LEUSSE:

   Attempted good marriage with premeditation.

2. Brad Dacus:

   This shocking attack from the state against our clients exercise of religious convictions is deeply disturbing, the state seeks to punish Artis based on non-existent directives, and deprive her of a personal ministry to the veterans who have benefited from her religious services for years. Artis isnt fighting just for herself, but for the Gospel and for the residents who are unable to fight for themselves against the states attempted intimidation.

3. Joy Behar:

   McCain said. Behar was apparently inflamed by McCain’s comment. We're talking about Kelly. We're talking about Kelly! We are not talking about abuse right now, don’tsay something like that. McCain attempted to point out that Behar was laughing but the liberal host interrupted.

4. President Nicolas Maduro:

   Tomorrow, the first of May, we will have a large, millions-strong march of the working class, we have been confronting different types of aggression and attempted coups never before seen in our history.

5. Lucas Dallas-based attorney:

   Mr. Price resisted the effects of the taser and attempted to take it away from officer Lucas, officer Lucas only discharged his weapon in accordance w/ Texas law when he was confronted with an aggressive assailant who was attempting to take his taser.

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