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failure
[ feyl-yer ]
noun
His effort ended in failure.
The campaign was a failure.
- nonperformance of something due, required, or expected:
a failure to do what one has promised;
a failure to appear.
- a subnormal quantity or quality; an insufficiency:
the failure of crops.
- deterioration or decay, especially of vigor, strength, etc.:
The failure of her health made retirement necessary.
- a condition of being bankrupt by reason of insolvency.
- a becoming insolvent or bankrupt:
the failure of a bank.
- a person or thing that proves unsuccessful:
He is a failure in his career.
The cake is a failure.
failure
/ ˈfeɪljə /
noun
- the act or an instance of failing
- a person or thing that is unsuccessful or disappointing
the evening was a failure
- nonperformance of something required or expected
failure to attend will be punished
- cessation of normal operation; breakdown
a power failure
- an insufficiency or shortage
a crop failure
- a decline or loss, as in health or strength
- the fact of not reaching the required standard in an examination, test, course, etc
- the act or process of becoming bankrupt or the state of being bankrupt
Other Word Forms
- non·failure noun
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
There are many different paths to success and failure.
Mr Fontana has a rare autoimmune condition impacting the lungs and is classed as being in single organ failure.
Multiple reports and activists assailed the department’s response to the protests as a botched operation that resulted from poor planning, inadequate training and failure to learn from past mistakes.
The 34-year-old crashed into a concrete barrier at the Tamburello corner because of a mechanical failure on his car and died a few hours later in a hospital in Bologna.
"You're likely to produce something that isn't going to be as thoroughly evaluated... there are going to be failures along the way, and what you produce may need major overhauls."
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