"a failed experience" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to describe an experience that did not go as planned or did not have the desired outcome. Example: "The hiking trip turned out to be a failed experience, as we got lost and had to turn back before reaching the summit."
Others in my group shared how they had coped with setbacks — when I was disappointed in an experiment, a postdoc took me for coffee, and told me she had had nearly the exact same experience, but a failed experiment had eventually formed the basis of a paper.
As a response to the failed experience with capitation in the 1990s, current capitation approaches include some provider accountability for quality.
"A Living Wage, Long Overdue" (editorial, Dec. 26) did not mention New York City's own failed experience with a so-called living-wage law: the Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx.
"They have a history of criminal activity, they're antisocial, not a lot of friends … They bounce from one failed experience to another, then find a connection with Isis or white supremacy.
I guess the smoker had many failed experiences of trying to seduce women who would rather watch Dave's show.
Reflections on failed experiences become valuable assets in their success.
A new report "Out of Control: The Coast-to-Coast Failures of Outsourcing Public Services to For-Profit Corporations" highlights similar failed experiences with privatization of states and communities across the country.
Previous failed experiences with lifestyle change held participants back from making new attempts on their own, and made them realize that it takes time to establish lasting changes in habits and lifestyle.
A quarter of the 28 % children with a failed introduction experienced reactions during the first ingestion and stopped the introduction consequently.
Sounds like Bakang plans to turn the Afrostream shutdown into a fail up experience.
The first-person shooter Bioshock used it to devastating effect in its tale of a failed underwater utopia, experienced via the duplicitous voice of Frank Fontaine; while the psychological horror game Heavy Rain famously pulled a character plot twist so audacious, some players could barely forgive the writers for their transgression.
