failed experiment
Research gone wrong
A failed experiment is an attempt that didn't produce the intended results.
In science, the term is somewhat misleading—experiments that disprove hypotheses still yield valuable data.
Outside the lab, failed experiment describes any venture that didn't work out: The open office plan was a failed experiment.
Often implies the effort was worth trying despite the outcome.
- trial and errorLearning through repeated attempts
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- scientific methodStructured process for investigation
- trialJudicial examination of claims
- errorFault in communication
setback · lab · beaker · mad scientist · lab accident · mishap · science · flop · mistake · data · results · unexpected · contaminated · flawed · inconclusive · botched · gone wrong · disaster
- experimentstest, tests, trials, control group, trial run
- failuresflop, flops, bust, busts, dud
- Mad Scientistmad scientist, secret lab, lab coat, laboratory, evil genius
- unsuccessful attemptsmiss, flop, blunder, fumble, misfire
- creative failuresbox office bomb, flop, dud, unfinished work
failed experimentbreakthrough
Sudden important advance
triumph · success · proof of concept · discovery · positive result
failed experimentscientific breakthrough
paradigm shift · seminal work · game-changer · watershed moment · eureka moment
fail, failed, failing, failure, failures, fallible, fallibility, infallible, infallibility