Definition of failure

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Failure (n.) A becoming insolvent; bankruptcy; suspension of payment; as, failure in business..

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Loss :: Loss (v. t.) Failure to gain or win; as, loss of a race or battle..
Muff :: Muff (n.) A failure to hold a ball when once in the hands.
Nonalienation :: Nonalienation (n.) Failure to alienate; also, the state of not being alienated..
Innutrition :: Innutrition (n.) Want of nutrition; failure of nourishment.
Shiftless :: Shiftless (a.) Destitute of expedients, or not using successful expedients; characterized by failure, especially by failure to provide for one's own support, through negligence or incapacity; hence, lazy; improvident; thriftless; as, a shiftless fellow; shiftless management..
Nondeposition :: Nondeposition (n.) A failure to deposit or throw down.
Disappointment :: Disappointment (n.) The act of disappointing, or the state of being disappointed; defeat or failure of expectation or hope; miscarriage of design or plan; frustration..
Cropper :: Cropper (n.) A fall on one's head when riding at full speed, as in hunting; hence, a sudden failure or collapse..
Shortcoming :: Shortcoming (n.) Neglect of, or failure in, performance of duty..
Denutrition :: Denutrition (n.) The opposition of nutrition; the failure of nutrition causing the breaking down of tissue.
Forgetfulness :: Forgetfulness (n.) Failure to bear in mind; careless omission; inattention; as, forgetfulness of duty..
Unintermission :: Unintermission (n.) Want or failure of intermission.
Discompliance :: Discompliance (n.) Failure or refusal to comply; noncompliance.
Accurate :: Accurate (a.) In exact or careful conformity to truth, or to some standard of requirement, the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or defect; exact; as, an accurate calculator; an accurate measure; accurate expression, knowledge, etc..
Backcast :: Backcast (n.) Anything which brings misfortune upon one, or causes failure in an effort or enterprise; a reverse..
Accretion :: Accretion (n.) Gain to an heir or legatee, failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share..
Lack :: Lack (n.) Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack of sufficient food..
Loss :: Loss (v. t.) Failure to use advantageously; as, loss of time..
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..
Nonexecution :: Nonexecution (n.) Neglect or failure of execution; nonperformance.
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