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US
/ˈfeɪɫjɝ/
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[ UK /fˈeɪliə/ ]
[ UK /fˈeɪliə/ ]
NOUN
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an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose
the surprise party was a complete failure -
an act that fails
his failure to pass the test -
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 -
an unexpected omission
he resented my failure to return his call
the mechanic's failure to check the brakes -
lack of success
that year there was a crop failure
he felt that his entire life had been a failure -
loss of ability to function normally
kidney failure - a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
How To Use failure In A Sentence
- Recent studies have revealed a correlation between prognosis in heart failure and plasma levels of such neurohormones as endothelin, norepinephrine and renin, among others.
- It is the failure of the diaphragmatic pinchcock to open, as in the normal deglutitory cycle, rather than a spasmodic tightness, that obstructs the food. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery
- Sometimes, when people die of heart failure, they first suffer angor animi, anguish of the soul. Times, Sunday Times
- The French and Dutch results were punishment for political failure on a grand scale.
- Restlessness is discontent - and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man - and I will show you a failure. Thomas A. Edison
- Urging fellow MPs to buy ozone-friendly products, she said failure to do so would leave the world without an ozone layer. ANC Daily News Briefing
- The failure of the monsoon would destroy harvests on which 1000 million people rely.
- Heart failure means that the heart muscle is not pumping well enough to meet the need for oxygen-rich blood.
- Thus America has responded to the enormous challenges the economy faces in the short-term and long-term alike with a complete failure of vision and verve. Andrei Cherny: Individual Age Economics
- Their failure to reply to our letter seems to imply a lack of interest.