Definition of fail

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Fail (v. i.) To come short of a result or object aimed at or desired ; to be baffled or frusrated.

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Abortive :: Abortive (v.) Coming to naught; failing in its effect; miscarrying; fruitless; unsuccessful; as, an abortive attempt..
Shadrach :: Shadrach (n.) A mass of iron on which the operation of smelting has failed of its intended effect; -- so called from Shadrach, one of the three Hebrews who came forth unharmed from the fiery furnace of Nebuchadnezzar. (See Dan. iii. 26, 27.).
Mismanagement :: Mismanagement (n.) Wrong or bad management; as, he failed through mismagement..
Failure :: Failure (n.) Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops..
Collapse :: Collapse (v. i.) To fail suddenly and completely, like something hollow when subject to too much pressure; to undergo a collapse; as, Maximilian's government collapsed soon after the French army left Mexico; many financial projects collapse after attaining some success and importance..
Omission :: Omission (n.) The act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty.
Defailance :: Defailance (n.) Failure; miscarriage.
Defailure :: Defailure (n.) Failure.
Unforesee :: Unforesee (v. t.) To fail to foresee.
Nonexecution :: Nonexecution (n.) Neglect or failure of execution; nonperformance.
Defail :: Defail (v. t.) To cause to fail.
Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To languish; to fail; to flag.
Unlearn :: Unlearn (v. t.) To fail to learn.
Trusty :: Trusty (superl.) Hence, not liable to fail; strong; firm..
Nonexportation :: Nonexportation (n.) A failure of exportation; a not exporting of commodities.
Nonproduction :: Nonproduction (n.) A failure to produce or exhibit.
Escheat :: Escheat (v. i.) To revert, or become forfeited, to the lord, the crown, or the State, as lands by the failure of persons entitled to hold the same, or by forfeiture..
Want :: Want (v. i.) To be absent; to be deficient or lacking; to fail; not to be sufficient; to fall or come short; to lack; -- often used impersonally with of; as, it wants ten minutes of four..
Loss :: Loss (v. t.) Failure to use advantageously; as, loss of time..
Miss :: Miss (v. t.) To fail of hitting, reaching, getting, finding, seeing, hearing, etc.; as, to miss the mark one shoots at; to miss the train by being late; to miss opportunites of getting knowledge; to miss the point or meaning of something said..
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