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failings

NOUN

lapse, shortcoming

Synonyms

STRONGEST

defect deficiency drawback error failure fault flaw foible frailty imperfection weakness

STRONG

infirmity miscarriage misfortune vice

WEAK

blind spot weak point

Antonyms

STRONGEST

advantage benefit perfection strength

WEAK

strong point

Example Sentences

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An ongoing independent inquiry is examining repeated failings and potentially avoidable harm to babies and mothers in the NHS.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

It is just 16 points from 14 league games since a 3-1 home win over Forest in January and that Villa remain in fifth place owes much to the failings of others.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

Like Homer’s, Mr. Armitage’s gods are not distant abstractions but present projections of human failings, embodiments of forces we struggle to name even after 40 centuries.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

“Superbloom” is a strong record whose failings have mostly to do with context, specifically how closely the album hews to its two predecessors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

It was his job to find their failings and remedy them if he could and to replace them if he couldn’t.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown