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failure
noun as in lack of success
Strongest matches
bankruptcy, breakdown, collapse, decline, defeat, deficiency, deterioration, failing, loss, misstep
Strong matches
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
Weak matches
false step, faux pas, flash in the pan, lead balloon, nonsuccess, sinking ship, total loss
Example Sentences
Creating a tax "riddled with loopholes, offering opportunities for evasion... is condemning oneself to failure", he told France Inter radio.
What happened to Joaquín could happen to any of us, anytime, anywhere, in a country that has allowed its elected officials to deflect responsibility for their repeated failure to pass common sense gun legislation.
A three-week inquest found Ms Smith, from Braintree, was not kept safe and staff failures to recognise that she was autistic had a "profound impact" on her care.
This work aligns with Mayo Clinic's Precure initiative, which focuses on identifying diseases early -- when treatments can have the greatest impact -- and preventing progression before organ failure occurs.
The carrier says the outage was tied to a failure at its primary data center and that the ground stop caused delays and cancellations.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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