Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
phrase
The effort of the attempt was admirable, even though the attempted action failed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: humorous, often, sarcastic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
A reference to how school teachers may unofficially grade a student's effort as a consolation prize, where A is the highest grade of the traditional A-F grading.
