failure
Meanings
Plural: failures
Noun
- an act that fails
- "his failure to pass the test"
- an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose
- "the surprise party was a complete failure"
- lack of success
- "he felt that his entire life had been a failure"
- "that year there was a crop failure"
- a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
- an unexpected omission
- "he resented my failure to return his call"
- "the mechanic's failure to check the brakes"
- inability to discharge all your debts as they come due
- "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks"
- loss of ability to function normally
- "kidney failure"
- 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.
- An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure, has failed at something or incapable of success.
- Termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function; breakdown.
- Bankruptcy.
Origin / Etymology
From Anglo-Norman failer, from Old French faillir (“to fail”).
Synonyms
bankruptcy, fail, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person
Scrabble Score: 10
failure is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordfailure is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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Words With Friends Score: 12
failure is a valid Words With Friends word