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Discover LudwigThe phrase "failed altogether" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing a situation where something did not work out at all. For example, "She had struggled for months to make the company profitable, but her efforts failed altogether."
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Others have failed altogether to respond.
New activity on the site was slowed or failed altogether.
Frank's confidence in Levin, already much diminished, failed altogether.
Without government intervention, G.M. and Chrysler most likely would have failed altogether.
"Some aspects of spring failed altogether – with frogs and toads struggling to breed in ponds which remained frozen".
Meanwhile, drought intensified yearly from 1980, building to a climax in 1984, when the small rains were scanty and the main rains failed altogether.
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Sometimes, servers even fail altogether.
Why do doctors wait so long, or fail altogether, to discuss the matter?
But those worries have been overtaken by concerns that Congo's Army will fail altogether.
Large expanses of cropland may fail altogether, and have to be converted to western-style grazing range.
Sensitivities computed in the time domain over a finite time span can take excessive time to converge, or fail altogether to converge to the periodic value.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com