Definition of "attempted" []

• Tried, with the connotation of failure. (adjective)
• Simple past tense and past participle of attempt. (verb)

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• "He rejected what he called an attempted "coup" of freedom and democracy."
• "They also argue Davis acted in self-defense during what they describe as an attempted robbery."
• "Davis, a former Special Forces soldier who left the military in 2003, shot the men in what he described as an attempted armed robbery in the eastern city of Lahore as they approached him on a motorcycle."