failed

Polish translation: zaniedbywać; nie dbać;

03:18 Jun 24, 2019
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English term or phrase: failed
I was absolutely exhausted, but more so my family was failed.

https://youtu.be/puhlYl9W1Dw?t=680

If children are not having their needs met, then, you know, they are being failed and we have to try and work to change that system.

https://youtu.be/puhlYl9W1Dw?t=712

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Epcia33
Local time: 10:17
Polish translation:zaniedbywać; nie dbać;
Explanation:
Collins:
If someone fails you, they do not do what you had expected or trusted them to do.

We waited twenty-one years, don't fail us now
...communities who feel that the political system has failed them.


Synonyms: disappoint, abandon, desert, neglect
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Robert Foltyn
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Local time: 10:17
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2zaniedbywać; nie dbać;
Robert Foltyn
4 +1zawieść / zawodzić
Agata Liberska


  

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fail
zaniedbywać; nie dbać;


Explanation:
Collins:
If someone fails you, they do not do what you had expected or trusted them to do.

We waited twenty-one years, don't fail us now
...communities who feel that the political system has failed them.


Synonyms: disappoint, abandon, desert, neglect

Robert Foltyn
Poland
Local time: 10:17
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 140
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.: Serdecznie pozdrawiam.
3 hrs

agree  Andrzej Mierzejewski: w podanym kontekście zgadzam się z przypuszczeniem Szanownej Pytaczki: dzieci są zaniedbywane (imiesłów przymiotnikowy bierny - o ile pamiętam z lekcji gramatyki).
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
zawieść / zawodzić


Explanation:
Wydaje mi się, że "zawiedliśmy" (te dzieci) będzie tu dokładniejszym wyrażeniem.

Oxford Learner's Dictionary:
disappoint somebody
​[transitive] fail somebody - to disappoint somebody; to be unable to help when needed

Agata Liberska
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:17
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Polish

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agree  mike23
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