Definition of failure

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Failure (n.) Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops..

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Dearth :: Dearth (n.) Scarcity which renders dear; want; lack; specifically, lack of food on account of failure of crops; famine..
Neglect :: Neglect (v.) Omission of proper attention; avoidance or disregard of duty, from heedlessness, indifference, or willfulness; failure to do, use, or heed anything; culpable disregard; as, neglect of business, of health, of economy..
Flunk :: Flunk (n.) A failure or backing ou.
Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects; as, a heavy fall of rain or snow; a heavy failure; heavy business transactions, etc.; often implying strength; as, a heavy barrier; also, difficult to move; as, a heavy draught..
Failance :: Failance (n.) Fault; failure; omission.
Unerring :: Unerring (a.) Committing no mistake; incapable or error or failure certain; sure; unfailing; as, the unerring wisdom of God..
Escheat :: Escheat (n.) The reverting of real property to the State, as original and ultimate proprietor, by reason of a failure of persons legally entitled to hold the same..
Default :: Default (n.) A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires; as, this evil has happened through the governor's default..
Sorehead :: Sorehead (n.) One who is disgruntled by a failure in politics, or the like..
Nonpreparation :: Nonpreparation (n.) Neglect or failure to prepare; want of preparation.
Cut :: Cut (n.) The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise.
Loss :: Loss (v. t.) Failure to use advantageously; as, loss of time..
Omission :: Omission (n.) The act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty.
Loss :: Loss (v. t.) The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation..
Nonlimitation :: Nonlimitation (n.) Want of limitation; failure to limit.
Nonusance :: Nonusance (n.) Neglect of using; failure to use.
Foil :: Foil (n.) Failure of success when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.
Nonappearance :: Nonappearance (n.) Default of apperance, as in court, to prosecute or defend; failure to appear..
Fail :: Fail (v. i.) Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; -- mostly superseded by failure or failing, except in the phrase without fail..
Immortification :: Immortification (n.) Failure to mortify the passions.
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