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Failure

ˈfeɪljə

Failure definitions
noun
failure failures
  1. lack of success

    "an economic policy that is doomed to failure"

    lack of success non-success non-fulfilment defeat frustration collapse foundering misfiring coming to nothing falling through fiasco debacle catastrophe disaster blunder
    • an unsuccessful person or thing

      "bad weather had resulted in crop failures"

  2. the neglect or omission of expected or required action

    "their failure to comply with the basic rules"

    negligence remissness non-observance non-performance dereliction
    • a lack or deficiency of a desirable quality

      "a failure of imagination"

  3. the action or state of not functioning

    "symptoms of heart failure"

    breaking down breakdown non-function cutting out seizing up
    • a sudden cessation of power

      "a sudden power failure"

    • the collapse of a business

      "business failures rose by 53%"