n. the act of failing or the state or condition resulting from having failed
The boy felt like a failure when he missed the basket.
The boy felt like a failure when he missed the basket.
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She worried his failure would embitter him.
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Why were the people of Ember not talking about the power failure when Poppy got lost?
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Who died as a failure writing books and vowed to become a ghost?
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Fred was despondent about his failure.
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They attributed their failure to a lack of preparation.
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What does 'Success has many fathers while failure is an orphan' mean?
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The failure rate on the bar exam is discouragingly high.
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Many people see failure as a bad thing, but Mori's grandmother, Baba, saw it as good thing. Why?
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His inaction lead to the failure of the project.
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Cyanosis may result frompneumonia or asphyxiation or heart failure.
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What was considered a failure photo for Michael Dukakis?
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Granny was given dobutamine to treat her heart failure.
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What term was coined by the psychologist Erik Erikson as the failure to achieve ego identity during adolescence?
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2 syllables
fail-ure
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