failure.
State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.
Meaning & usage
State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.
State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success. A condition in which a specified organ does not function well enough to support life.
heart failure
congestive heart failure
Omission to do something, whether or not it was attempted, especially something that ought to have been done.
An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure, has failed at something or incapable of success.
Termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function; breakdown.
Bankruptcy.
Where this word comes from
From Anglo-Norman failer, from Old French faillir (“to fail”). Equivalent to fail + -ure.
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