Meaning of FAILURE
| Pronunciation: | | 'feylyur
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- [n] an unexpected omission; "he resented my failure to return his call"; "the mechanic's failure to check the brakes"
- [n] an act that fails; "his failure to pass the test"
- [n] an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose; "the surprise party was a complete failure"
- [n] a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
- [n] loss of ability to function normally; "kidney failure"
- [n] lack of success; "he felt that his entire life had been a failure"; "that year there was a crop failure"
- [n] inability to discharge all your debts as they come due; "the company had to declare bankruptcy"; "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks"
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| | Synonyms: | | loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person |
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| | Antonyms: | | achiever, succeeder, success, success, success, winner | | |
| | See Also: | | abortion, backsliding, bank failure, bankrupt, bankruptcy, breach, breakdown, bust, circumstances, copout, coronary failure, crop failure, dashing hopes, default, destiny, disappointment, disorder, downfall, dud, equipment failure, error, failing, fate, flash in the pan, flop, flop, fortune, happening, heart failure, insolvency, insolvent, kidney failure, lapse, lapsing, loss, lot, luck, malformation, malfunction, miscarriage, miscreation, misfire, misplay, miss, natural event, naught, nonaccomplishment, nonachievement, nonconformity, nonpayment, nonremittal, occurrence, omission, out, portion, relapse, relapsing, renal failure, reversion, reverting, ruin, ruination, skip, underdog, unfortunate, unfortunate person, upset, washout | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Fail"ure\, n. [From {Fail}.]
1. Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing;
deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops.
2. Omission; nonperformance; as, the failure to keep a
promise.
3. Want of success; the state of having failed.
4. Decay, or defect from decay; deterioration; as, the
failure of memory or of sight.
5. A becoming insolvent; bankruptcy; suspension of payment;
as, failure in business.
6. A failing; a slight fault. [Obs.] --Johnson.
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| | Definition: | | The inability of a system or system component to perform a required function within specified limits. A failure may be produced when a fault is encountered. |
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| | Definition: | | Dreaming of failure means your fears of inadequacy, low self-esteem and foretells that you are not applying yourself to the fullest potential. You are overwhelmed with anxiety and the pressure to excel.
Dreaming that your business is a failure means bad management and that you need to be more aggressive and not let fear rule you. |
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| | Related Terms: | | also-ran, antimasque, arrear, arrearage, arrears, atrocity, audience success, bad habit, bafflement, balk, ballet, bankrupt, bankruptcy, baseness, beating, besetting sin, betrayed hope, blasted expectation, blemish, blighted hope, blow, bomb, bootlessness, botch, bouncing check, breach, breakdown, broadcast drama, buffet, bug, burlesque show, bust, catch, charade, clerical error, cliff hanger, closet drama, collapse, comedown, comedy drama, conquering, conquest, corrigendum, counterproductiveness, counterproductivity, crack, crash, crime, crime against humanity, critical success, cruel disappointment, culpa, culpable negligence, dash, dashed hope, daytime serial, dead duck, deadly sin, dearth, deathblow, debacle, debasement, debilitation, decadence, decadency, decay, declension, declination, decline, defalcation, default, defeat, defect, defection, defectiveness, deficiency, deficit, deformation, degeneracy, degenerateness, degeneration, degradation, delinquency, demotion, depravation, depravedness, depreciation, dereliction, derogation, descent, destruction, deterioration, devolution, dialogue, disappointment, discomfiture, disconformity, discontinuance, disillusionment, disregard, dissatisfaction, documentary drama, downfall, downtrend, downturn, downward mobility, downward trend, drama, dramalogue, dramatic play, dramatic series, drawback, drop, drubbing, dud, duodrama, duologue, dying, ebb, ebbing, effeteness, endless task, enfeeblement, enormity, epic theater, erratum, error, evil, exhaustion, experimental theater, extravaganza, fading, failing, failure of nerve, fall, fallen countenance, falling short, falling-off, false alarm, fatuity, fault, faute, felony, fewness, fiasco, fizzle, flagging, flaw, flop, foible, foiling, folding, forlorn hope, frailty, frustration, futility, gasser, genocide, giveaway, Grand Guignol, guilty act, happening, hash, heavy sin, hiding, hit, hit show, hole, hope deferred, human error, imperfection, impropriety, improvisational drama, inadequacy, inadvertence, inadvertency, inanity, inattention, incompetence, incompetent, indifference, indiscretion, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness, inefficaciousness, inefficacy, inexecution, inexpiable sin, inferiority, infirmity, iniquity, injury, injustice, inobservance, insolvency, insolvent, insolvent debtor, insufficiency, insufficient funds, invalidity, involution, kink, kited check, laches, lack, laissez-faire, lambasting, lame duck, lapse, lathering, laxity, laxness, legitimate drama, lemon, letdown, licking, little problem, littleness, loose ends, looseness, loser, loss, loss of tone, maladroitness, malefaction, malfeasance, malum, masque, mastery, meagerness, meanness, mediocrity, melodrama, minor wrong, minstrel show, miracle, miracle play, mirage, misapprehension, miscalculation, miscarriage, misconception, miscount, misdeal, misdeed, misdemeanor, misfeasance, misidentification, misjudgment, misplay, misprint, misquotation, misreport, miss, misstatement, mistake, misunderstanding, misuse, monodrama, monologue, moral flaw, morality, morality play, mortal sin, muddle, music drama, musical revue, mystery, mystery play, neglect, neglectfulness, negligence, no go, nonaccomplishment, nonachievement, nonadherence, noncompliance, nonconformance, nonconformity, nonconsummation, nondischarging, nonentity, nonexecution, nonfeasance, nonfulfillment, noninterference, nonobservance, nonperformance, nonrestriction, nonsuccess, offense, omission, opera, outrage, overcoming, overdraft, overdrawn account, overlooking, oversight, overthrow, overturn, pageant, panel show, pantomime, Passion play, pastoral, pastoral drama, paucity, peccadillo, peccancy, permissiveness, pettiness, piece, play, playlet, poor stewardship, poorness, problem, problem play, procrastination, psychodrama, quietus, quiz show, radio drama, receivership, regression, remissness, retrocession, retrogradation, retrogression, review, revue, rift, rough edges, ruin, scantiness, sensational play, serial, setback, shabbiness, short measure, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, show, sin, sin of commission, sin of omission, sinful act, Sisyphean labor, sitcom, situation comedy, sketch, skimpiness, skit, slackness, slight, slip, slippage, slump, smallness, smash, snag, soap, soap opera, sociodrama, something missing, sore disappointment, spectacle, stage play, stage show, straight drama, subdual, subduing, subjugation, subnormality, success, suspense drama, tableau, tableau vivant, taint, talk show, tantalization, tease, teleplay, television drama, television play, theater of cruelty, thrashing, Tom show, tort, total theater, transgression, trespass, trimming, trip, triviality, trouncing, typo, typographical error, unconcern, underage, undoing, unfulfillment, unobservance, unrigorousness, unskillfulness, unsuccess, unsuccessfulness, unutterable sin, uselessness, vanquishment, variety show, vaudeville, vaudeville show, vehicle, venial sin, vice, vulgarity, vulnerable place, wane, waning, washout, Waterloo, weak link, weak point, weak side, weakness, whipping, word-of-mouth success, work, work of Penelope, wrong |
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