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Meanings of thwarted in English

Disappointingly unsuccessful.

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        1
        Dell, however, thwarted the chance to keep the game tied at 1.
        Reuters
        2
        I could tell him of my thwarted plan and ask his advice.
        Helen of troy
        3
        We thwarted all of them and the event went ahead without incident.
        The panic zone
        4
        The BBC reports two previous launch attempts were thwarted by technical glitches.
        Radio NZ
        5
        Numerous obstacles have thwarted OAT scale-up, including individual constraints and structural barriers.
        Pubmed
        6
        Holbrooke declined to comment on whether Pakistan's recent arrests had thwarted talks.
        Reuters
        7
        That's already made it the target of one thwarted attack in 2006.
        Wired
        8
        Cleveland was able to move the ball but penalties thwarted progress early.
        Reuters
        9
        Here is the way his parents had thwarted him in his likings:
        Original Short Stories — Volume 13
        10
        But with respect to the human species, nature's intentions had been thwarted.
        Is Human Nature Obsolete?
        11
        All sorts of strange thwarted instincts make themselves felt in the Squire.
        Robert Elsmere
        12
        They were continually thwarted, however, by Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Frederik Andersen.
        Reuters
        13
        Efforts over the years to legalize on-track sports-wagering have been similarly thwarted.
        The Guardian
        14
        I cannot explain the mechanism of it, but her attack was thwarted.
        Monster Hunter International
        15
        For decades, political reformers have been thwarted by the inertia of Westminster.
        The Guardian
        16
        Germany's diplomatic ambitions are being thwarted by the project's brutal business logic.
        Reuters
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