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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
A single flight from Los Angeles to Paris triggered the failure on Monday 28 August, the CAA report confirmed.
Tanton admired Taylor’s 1992 book about the failure of affirmative action to fix race relations.
A secondary school has been forced to close due to an "external IT failure".
Coltart feels it is not just the Church that is to blame, and suggests other institutions in the UK need to face up to their failure to warn people in Zimbabwe.
Yes, failure will make itself known.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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