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failure [ fai·lure ]
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1. Lack of success.
Depending on which side you stand, success is failure, victory is disaster.
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2. An unsuccessful person or thing.
bad weather had resulted in crop failures
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3. The neglect or omission of expected or required action.
their failure to comply with the basic rules
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4. A lack or deficiency of a desirable quality.
What if we are suffering from a failure of imagination?
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5. The action or state of not functioning.
The damage can lead to poor liver function and liver failure.
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6. A sudden cessation of power.
We already have a 24-hour service to repair any power failures in the 11-kv line.
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7. The collapse of a business.
The Americans believe that in business, failures are inevitable.
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Origin
1. Mid 17th century (originally as failer, in the senses ‘non-occurrence’ and ‘cessation of supply’): from Anglo-Norman French failer for Old French faillir (see fail).
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