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(fail-ing) 2 syllables

Definition

adjective. not succeeding or not meeting expectations.

Example Sentence

The failing business may go bankrupt.

More Example Sentences

He is worried about failing the test.

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failing
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Rhymes

  • ailing
  • ayling
  • bailing
  • baling
  • failing
  • flailing
  • grayling
  • hailing
  • jailing
  • mailing
  • nailing
  • paling
  • railing
  • sailing
  • saling
  • scaling
  • tailing
  • trailing
  • veiling
  • wailing
  • whaling

  • assailing
  • curtailing
  • derailing
  • detailing
  • entailing
  • inhaling
  • prevailing
  • regaling
  • surveilling
  • unfailing
  • unveiling

  • unavailing
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