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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One doomed to failure or to death.
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- noun idiomatic One who is in serious
danger ortrouble . - noun idiomatic A project that is
doomed to failure from the start.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun something doomed to failure
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