failure

Words with a similar base: failure

'failure'

[failure.n.01] as in: an act that fails

Examples:
his failure to pass the test

failure, failure, failure, failure, failure, bankruptcy, failure

fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail

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nonaccomplishment, entity

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error, backsliding, naught, loss, out, nonconformity, default, failing

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bankruptcy, be_born, campaign, carry, disobedience, fail, failing, failure, function, guide, hunt, ladder, linear, loser, melt, move, nonconformism, nonconformity, operate, play, ply, precede, predate, prevail, race, range, run, running, scat, tend, track

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'failure'

[failure.n.02] as in: an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose

Examples:
the surprise party was a complete failure

failure, failure, failure, failure, failure, bankruptcy, failure

fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail

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success, success, success, achiever

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happening, entity

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flop, malformation, downfall, breakdown, defeat, malfunction, flame-out, miss, miscarriage

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achiever, bankruptcy, be_born, campaign, carry, defeat, fail, failing, failure, frustration, function, get_the_better_of, guide, hunt, kill, ladder, linear, loser, melt, move, operate, play, ply, precede, predate, prevail, race, range, run, running, scat, success, tend, track, winner

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'failure'

[failure.n.03] as in: lack of success

Examples:
he felt that his entire life had been a failure
that year there was a crop failure

failure, failure, failure, failure, failure, bankruptcy, failure

fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail

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success, success, success, achiever

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fortune, entity

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dead_duck, bank_failure, crop_failure, bankruptcy

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achiever, bankruptcy, be_born, campaign, carry, fail, failing, failure, function, guide, hunt, ladder, linear, loser, melt, move, operate, play, ply, precede, predate, prevail, race, range, run, running, scat, success, tend, track, winner

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'failure'

[failure.n.04] as in: a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently

failure, failure, failure, failure, failure, bankruptcy, failure, loser, loser, nonstarter

fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, lose, lose, lose, misplace, lose, lose, lose, lose, fall_back, miss, suffer

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achiever

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unfortunate, entity

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flash_in_the_pan, flop, bankrupt, underdog

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abridge, achiever, bankrupt, bankruptcy, be_born, better, boil_down, break, break_dance, break_even, break_in, breakage, campaign, carry, collapse, crack, dampen, demote, deoxidize, dilute, discontinue, fail, failing, failure, fall_back, fault, fracture, function, get, guide, hunt, interrupt, interruption, ladder, lag, lashkar-e-taiba, lease, let, linear, lose, loser, losings, loss, melt, misplace, miss, move, net_income, open_frame, operate, passing, pause, permit, personnel_casualty, play, ply, precede, predate, prevail, profit, race, range, reduce, relapse, repress, respite, run, running, rupture, scat, separate, shrink, suffer, tend, track, transgress, unwrap, violate, winner

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'failure'

[failure.n.05] as in: an unexpected omission

Examples:
he resented my failure to return his call
the mechanic's failure to check the brakes

failure, failure, failure, failure, failure, bankruptcy, failure

fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail

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omission, entity

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copout, breach, disappointment

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bankruptcy, be_born, campaign, carry, fail, failing, failure, function, guide, hunt, ladder, linear, loser, melt, move, operate, play, ply, precede, predate, prevail, race, range, run, running, scat, tend, track

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'failure'

[bankruptcy.n.02] as in: inability to discharge all your debts as they come due

Examples:
the company had to declare bankruptcy
fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks

bankruptcy, bankruptcy, bankruptcy, failure, failure, failure, failure, failure, failure

bankrupt, bankrupt, bankrupt, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail

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insolvency, entity

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bankruptcy, be_born, campaign, carry, fail, failing, failure, function, guide, hunt, insolvency, ladder, linear, loser, melt, move, operate, play, ply, precede, predate, prevail, race, range, run, running, scat, tend, track

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'failure'

[failure.n.07] as in: loss of ability to function normally

Examples:
kidney failure

failure, failure, failure, failure, failure, bankruptcy, failure

fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail

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disorder, entity

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renal_failure, heart_failure

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Origins

					failure (English)
└── failer (Anglo-Norman)
    └── faillir (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
        └── fallire (Latin)
            └── fallere (Latin)

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