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The phrase "are bound for failure" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something is destined to fail or is likely to fail based on current circumstances or actions.
Example: "Without proper planning and resources, the project is bound for failure."
Alternatives: "destined to fail" or "headed for failure".
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Gillingham's excessive confidence in his lovemaking skills makes me think he's bound for failure, but even if he's not, there's also the issue raised by Charles Blake during his visit to Downton: is Mary forgetting that there's more to a relationship than physical attraction?
They are bound for Eastern Europe.
Or we think the professional chance we might take to do something we love is bound for disaster or failure, so we keep doing what we always have done even though it is without much joy or fulfillment.
On 22 August 1985, 55 people died in a Boeing 737 on the runway at Manchester Airport in the UK after the plane, which was bound for Corfu, suffered engine failure during take-off.
It was bound for Salem, Ore.
It was bound for Italy.
We were bound for Galway.
Benjamin is bound for Pitt.
Kurt Cobain was bound for oblivion.
They were bound for Hooksett, New Hampshire.
He was bound for stardom.
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