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failure (noun)

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  • failure — noun 1 lack of success ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, total ▪ abject, humiliating ▪ The attempt ended in abject failure. ▪ inevitable …   Collocations dictionary

  • failure — ► NOUN 1) lack of success. 2) an unsuccessful person or thing. 3) the omission of expected or required action. 4) an instance or the state of not functioning …   English terms dictionary

  • failure — fail·ure n 1: omission of occurrence or performance; specif: a failing to perform a duty or expected action a failure to mitigate damages failure to prosecute 2: a lack of success or adequacy failure of a suit 3: a failing in business …   Law dictionary

  • failure — fail‧ure [ˈfeɪljə ǁ ər] noun 1. [countable, uncountable] COMMERCE a situation in which a business that is not successful has to close because it is losing money: • The Official Receiver recommended a detailed investigation into the reasons for… …   Financial and business terms

  • failure — noun 1 LACK OF SUCCESS (C, U) a lack of success in achieving or doing something: How can we account for the failure of the League of Nations to achieve peace in Europe? | end/result in failure: Harry s ambitious plans ended in failure. 2… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • failure — noun Etymology: alteration of earlier failer, from Anglo French, from Old French faillir to fail Date: 1643 1. a. omission of occurrence or performance; specifically a failing to perform a duty or expected action < failure to pay the rent on time …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • failure — noun 1) the failure of the assassination attempt Syn: lack of success, nonfulfillment, defeat, collapse, foundering Ant: success 2) all his schemes had been a failure Syn: fiasco, debacle …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • failure — noun 1) the failure of the escape attempt Syn: lack of success, defeat, collapse, foundering 2) the scheme had been a failure Syn: fiasco, debacle, catastrophe, disaster; informal flop, washout, dead loss …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • failure — noun /ˈfeɪlˌjɚ/ a) State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success. b) An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure or …   Wiktionary

  • failure to comply — I noun contravention, default, defiance, deficiency, deliquency, dereliction, disobedience, disregard, evasion, ignoring, inexecution, infringement, laxity, mutiny, neglect, neglect to obey, negligence, nonfeasance, nonfulfillment, nonobservance …   Law dictionary

  • failure to understand — noun error, laboring under a misapprehension, misapprehension, miscalculation, misconception, misconstruance, miscount, misguidance, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misread, misreckon, mistake, misunderstanding Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C …   Law dictionary

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