failure
noun
[ ˈfeɪljə ]
• lack of success.
• "an economic policy that is doomed to failure"
Similar:
lack of success,
non-success,
non-fulfilment,
abortion,
miscarriage,
defeat,
frustration,
collapse,
foundering,
misfiring,
coming to nothing,
falling through,
fizzling out,
fiasco,
debacle,
catastrophe,
disaster,
blunder,
vain attempt,
damp squib,
flop,
botch,
hash,
foul-up,
screw-up,
washout,
let-down,
dead loss,
dead duck,
lead balloon,
lemon,
fail,
cock-up,
pig's ear,
snafu,
clinker,
fuck-up,
balls-up,
• the neglect or omission of expected or required action.
• "their failure to comply with the basic rules"
• the action or state of not functioning.
• "symptoms of heart failure"
Similar:
breaking down,
breakdown,
non-function,
cutting out,
seizing up,
malfunction,
faultiness,
crash,
conking out,
playing up,
Origin:
mid 17th century (originally as failer, in the senses ‘non-occurrence’ and ‘cessation of supply’): from Anglo-Norman French failer for Old French faillir (see fail).
