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failure
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of FAILURE
1
the nonperformance of an assigned or expected action <your failure to check the batteries in the smoke detector could have tragic results>
2
a falling short of one's goals <the failure of the school's fund-raising drive was a big disappointment to all>
3
something that has failed <the students' first attempt to build a homemade rocket was a disappointing failure>
Synonyms bomb, bummer, bust, catastrophe, clinker, clunker, debacle (also débâcle), disaster, dud, fiasco, fizzle, flop, frost, lemon, loser, miss, shipwreck, turkey, washout
4
a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number <the failure of the potato crop had a devastating effect on the population of Ireland>
Synonyms crunch, dearth, deficit, drought (also drouth), failure, famine, inadequacy, inadequateness, insufficiency, lack, lacuna, paucity, pinch, poverty, scantiness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, undersupply, want
5
the inability to pay one's debts <years of prolonged economic depression, when business failures were common>
Related Words Chapter 11
Antonyms solvency
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