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noun
1.
an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
2.
nonperformance of something due, required, or expected: a failure to do what one has promised; a failure to appear.
3.
a subnormal quantity or quality; an insufficiency: the failure of crops.
4.
deterioration or decay, especially of vigor, strength, etc.: The failure of her health made retirement necessary.
5.
EXPANDa condition of being bankrupt by reason of insolvency.
6.
a becoming insolvent or bankrupt: the failure of a bank.
7.
COLLAPSEa person or thing that proves unsuccessful: He is a failure in his career. The cake is a failure.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
failure
1640s, failer, from Anglo-Fr. failer, from Fr. faillir (see fail). Modern form attested from 1660s.
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Medical Dictionary
failure fail·ure (fāl'yər)
n.
The inability to function or perform satisfactorily.
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