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1 ♦ failure
♦ failure /ˈfeɪlɪə(r)/n.1 [cu] insuccesso, fallimento; fiasco; disastro: The party was a total failure, la festa è stata un fiasco completo (o un disastro); a miserable failure, un insuccesso clamoroso; an abject failure, un miserevole fallimento; un fallimento totale; doomed to failure, destinato (o condannato) al fallimento; to end in failure, fallire; fare fiasco; finire male; to meet with failure, fallire; non avere successo; fare fiasco2 ( di persona) fallito, fallita; fallimento; disastro; frana (fam.): He thinks of himself as a failure, si considera un fallito; He's a failure as a teacher, come insegnante, è un disastro3 [uc] (il) non fare qc.; mancanza; inadempienza; omissione: failure to obey the rules, l'inosservanza del regolamento; the government's failure to address the problem, l'inerzia del governo riguardo a questo problema; his failure to understand, la sua incapacità di capire; il fatto che non capisca; your failure to be elected, la tua mancata elezione5 (med.) collasso: cardiac failure, insufficienza cardiaca; heart failure, collasso (o arresto) cardiaco; liver failure, insufficienza epatica; kidney failure, insufficienza renale7 (comput., mecc.) guasto, panne; avaria; malfunzionamento; interruzione: engine failure, guasto al motore; (elettr.) power failure, interruzione della corrente; (comput.) failure recovery, ripristino dopo un malfunzionamento8 [uc] (fin., leg.) fallimento10 esame fallito; studente bocciato● (leg.) failure of issue, mancanza di discendenti (o d'eredi) □ (leg.) failure to appear, mancata comparizione in giudizio; contumacia □ (leg.) failure to perform, mancata esecuzione; inadempimento contrattuale. -
2 abject
['æbdʒekt]2) [ coward] vile* * *['æb‹ekt](miserable; wretched: abject poverty.) abietto, miserabile- abjectly* * *abject /ˈæbdʒɛkt/a.1 miserevole; estremo; totale; assoluto: abject failure, miserevole fallimento; fallimento totale; abject poverty, estrema povertà; miseria nera; abject victims, miserevoli vittime; in abject despair, nella più assoluta disperazioneabjection, abjectnessn. [u]abjectlyavv.3 in modo abietto; spregevolmente.* * *['æbdʒekt]2) [ coward] vile
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