FAILURE
Definition:
- [noun] an act that fails; "his failure to pass the test"
- [noun] an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose; "the surprise party was a complete failure"
- [noun] lack of success; "he felt that his entire life had been a failure"; "that year there was a crop failure"
- [noun] a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
Synonyms: loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person
- [noun] an unexpected omission; "he resented my failure to return his call"; "the mechanic's failure to check the brakes"
- [noun] inability to discharge all your debts as they come due; "the company had to declare bankruptcy"; "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks"
Synonyms: bankruptcy
- [noun] loss of ability to function normally; "kidney failure"
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Related Words:
- failing
- naught
- loss
- backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting
- error, misplay
- out
- nonconformity
- default, nonpayment, nonremittal
- downfall, ruin, ruination
- flame-out
- malfunction
- miscarriage, abortion
- miss, misfire
- flop, bust
- malformation, miscreation
- breakdown, equipment failure
- defeat, licking
- bankruptcy
- bank failure
- crop failure
- dead duck
- bankrupt, insolvent
- flash in the pan
- flop, dud, washout
- underdog
- disappointment, dashing hopes
- breach
- copout
- heart failure, coronary failure
- renal failure, kidney failure
