overshot · fumbled · stumbled · fell · dropped · bounced · skidded · veered · aborted · rejected · bombed · tanked · bungled · slipped · tumbled · deflected · ricocheted · whiffed
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Related — missed (Failed to reach); crashed (Suddenly failed or slept); failed (Did not succeed); botched · flopped · overshot · fumbled · stumbled · fell · dropped · bounced · skidded · veered
physical arrival/touchdowndidn't land ≠ landed Came to rest; made landfall · came down · set down · alighted · arrived
success/achievement (figurative)didn't land ≠ landed Came to rest; secured · nailed it · clinched · got · got it
comedic/rhetorical impactdidn't land ≠ landed Came to rest; killed · slayed · hit · connected · resonated
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/didn't_land