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Definitions for Failure
[1] an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
[2] nonperformance of something due, required, or expected: a failure to do what one has promised; a failure to appear.
[3] a subnormal quantity or quality; an insufficiency: the failure of crops.
[4] deterioration or decay, especially of vigor, strength, etc.: The failure of her health made retirement necessary.
[5] a condition of being bankrupt by reason of insolvency.
[6] a becoming insolvent or bankrupt: the failure of a bank.
[7] a person or thing that proves unsuccessful: He is a failure in his career. The cake is a failure.
[8] the act or an instance of failing
[9] a person or thing that is unsuccessful or disappointing the evening was a failure
[10] nonperformance of something required or expected failure to attend will be punished
[11] cessation of normal operation; breakdown a power failure
[12] an insufficiency or shortage a crop failure
[13] a decline or loss, as in health or strength
[14] the fact of not reaching the required standard in an examination, test, course, etc
[15] the act or process of becoming bankrupt or the state of being bankrupt
Words related to Failure
breakdown, loss, misstep, collapse, decline, failing, deficiency, deterioration, defeat, bankruptcy, disappointment, flop, bomb, downfall, turkey, lemon, wreck, stoppage, rout, misadventure
Words nearby Failure
fail-soft, failed, failed state, failing, faille, failure, fain, fainaigue, fainites, faint, faintheart
Origin of Failure
1635–45; fail + -ure; replacing failer a (de)fault < Anglo-French (noun use of infinitive), for Old French faillir
Other words from Failure
non·fail·ure , noun
Synonyms for Failure
bankruptcy, breakdown, collapse, decline, defeat, deficiency, deterioration, failing, loss, misstep, abortion, bomb, botch, bungle, bust, checkmate, decay, deficit, downfall, fiasco, flop, frustration, implosion, inadequacy, lemon, loser, mess, misadventure, miscarriage, nonperformance, overthrow, rout, rupture, stalemate, stoppage, turkey, washout, wreck, false step, faux pas, flash in the pan, lead balloon, nonsuccess, sinking ship, total loss