failure
/ˈfeɪ.ljə/
State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success; State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.; A condition in which a specified organ does not function well enough to support life; Omission to do something, whether or not it was attempted, especially something that ought to have been done
- plural
- failures
Meanings
- 1
State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success
The experiment was a failure.
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His attempt ended in failure.
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- 2
State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.; A condition in which a specified organ does not function well enough to support life
- 3
Omission to do something, whether or not it was attempted, especially something that ought to have been done
- 4
An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure, has failed at something or incapable of success
- 5
Termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function; breakdown
- 6
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