Definition of failing

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Failing (n.) A failing short; a becoming deficient; failure; deficiency; imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault; infirmity; as, a mental failing..

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Inexhaustible :: Inexhaustible (a.) Incapable of being exhausted, emptied, or used up; unfailing; not to be wasted or spent; as, inexhaustible stores of provisions; an inexhaustible stock of elegant words..
Certain :: Certain (a.) Unfailing; infallible.
Fail :: Fail (v. i.) Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; -- mostly superseded by failure or failing, except in the phrase without fail..
Failing :: Failing (n.) A failing short; a becoming deficient; failure; deficiency; imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault; infirmity; as, a mental failing..
Defect :: Defect (n.) Failing; fault; imperfection, whether physical or moral; blemish; as, a defect in the ear or eye; a defect in timber or iron; a defect of memory or judgment..
Collapse :: Collapse (n.) Extreme depression or sudden failing of all the vital powers, as the result of disease, injury, or nervous disturbance..
Failing :: Failing (n.) The act of becoming insolvent of bankrupt.
Miscarriage :: Miscarriage (n.) Ill conduct; evil or improper behavior; as, the failings and miscarriages of the righteous..
Vice :: Vice (n.) A moral fault or failing; especially, immoral conduct or habit, as in the indulgence of degrading appetites; customary deviation in a single respect, or in general, from a right standard, implying a defect of natural character, or the result of training and habits; a harmful custom; immorality; depravity; wickedness; as, a life of vice; the vice of intemperance..
Infallibly :: Infallibly (adv.) In an infallible manner; certainly; unfailingly; unerringly.
Sustain :: Sustain (v. t.) To endure without failing or yielding; to bear up under; as, to sustain defeat and disappointment..
Unfailing :: Unfailing (a.) Not failing; not liable to fail; inexhaustible; certain; sure.
Infirmity :: Infirmity (a.) A personal frailty or failing; foible; eccentricity; a weakness or defect.
Wantrust :: Wantrust (n.) Failing or diminishing trust; want of trust or confidence; distrust.
Rub :: Rub (n.) Imperfection; failing; fault.
Fault :: Fault (n.) A moral failing; a defect or dereliction from duty; a deviation from propriety; an offense less serious than a crime.
Failing :: Failing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fai.
Fault :: Fault (n.) Anything that fails, that is wanting, or that impairs excellence; a failing; a defect; a blemish..
Unerring :: Unerring (a.) Committing no mistake; incapable or error or failure certain; sure; unfailing; as, the unerring wisdom of God..
Foible :: Foible (n.) A moral weakness; a failing; a weak point; a frailty.
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