failure

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fail·ure / ˈfālyər/ • n. 1. lack of success: an economic policy that is doomed to failure. ∎  an unsuccessful person, enterprise, or thing: crop failures. ∎  lack of success in passing an examination or test.2. the omission of expected or required action: their failure to comply with the basic rules. ∎  a lack or deficiency of a desirable quality: a failure of imagination.3. the action or state of not functioning: symptoms of heart failure. ∎  the collapse of a business.

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