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Definitions of failure:

noun: an unexpected omission
Example: "He resented my failure to return his call"
noun: an act that fails
Example: "His failure to pass the test"
noun: an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose
Example: "The surprise party was a complete failure"
noun: a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
noun: loss of ability to function normally
Example: "Kidney failure"
noun: lack of success
Example: "He felt that his entire life had been a failure"
noun: inability to discharge all your debts as they come due
Example: "Fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks"

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Words and phrases that have a meaning related to failure: (273 results)
Synonyms:
loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person

More general:
circumstances, destiny, fate, fortune, happening, lot, luck, natural event, nonaccomplishment, nonachievement, occurrence, omission, portion, skip, unfortunate, unfortunate person

More specific:
abortion, backsliding, bank failure, bankruptcy, bankrupt, breach, breakdown, bust, copout, crop failure, dashing hopes, default, disappointing, disappointment, downfall, dud, equipment failure, error, failing, flop, insolvent, lapse, lapsing, loss, malformation, malfunction, miscarriage, miscreation, misplay, miss, missfire, naught, nonconformity, nonpayment, nonremittal, out, recidivism, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting, underdog, washout

Often used in the same context:
defeat, disaster, fail, failures, lure, success, successful

Appears in the definition of:
., aberration, absence, acute kidney failure, acute renal failure, addison's disease, addison's syndrome, alibi, amrinone, anarchy, androgenesis, androgeny, anhidrosis, anhydrosis, aplasia, aplastic anaemia, aplastic anemia, apresoline, asystole, atelectasis, atenolol, bafflement, bank closing, battle of soissons-reims, battle of the aisne, battle of the chemin-des-dames, befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderment, blackout, body odor, body odour, breach of contract, breach of promise, breach of the covenant of warranty, break, breathing apparatus, breathing device, breathing machine, calan, capoten, captopril, cardiac arrest, cardiac glucoside, cardiac glycoside, cardiopulmonary arrest, cardizem, carelessness, carvedilol, case study, catalepsy, child neglect, chronic kidney failure, chronic pyelonephritis, chronic renal failure, circulatory failure, civil contempt, collapse, confidence, confusion, cooke, creation, crepitation rale, cryptorchidism, cryptorchidy, cryptorchism, dead duck, demerit, despondent, digitoxin, digoxin, diltiazem, disconnect, disconnection, discouragingly, discourtesy, disobedience, distortion, divine, doom, emergency landing, exculpation, excuse, fail-safe, fall, famine, fault, flame-out, foolproof, forced landing, forfeit, forfeiture, forgetfulness, gulf, gynogenesis, haemodialysis, hemodialysis, hepatojugular reflux, hooky, hydralazine, hyperkalemia, hypoadrenalism, hypoadrenocorticism, impute, inadvertence, infallible, inocor, ischemic anoxia, ischemic hypoxia, isoptin, isordil, isosorbide, jay cooke, jinx, lanoxin, last laugh, lawlessness, lopressor, louis xvi, melt, metoprolol, michelson-morley experiment, misfire, monorchidism, monorchism, mystification, near thing, neglect, negligence, nephroangiosclerosis, nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, nephrosclerosis, nerve deafness, nonappearance, nonattendance, noncompliance, nondevelopment, nondisjunction, nonfeasance, nonperformance, no-win, obfuscation, obligation, offence, offense, offensive activity, oppressed, optical aberration, oversight, pkd, polycystic kidney disease, power failure, power outage, pragmatist, precautional, precautionary, prepossess, process, protection, puzzlement, readjust, recognisance, recognizance, reset, ride, ruin, ruination, sacrifice, security, self-justification, sensorineural hearing loss, severely, shiftlessness, shipwreck, skimming, soissons, stagnant anoxia, stagnant hypoxia, summons, suppression, surcharge, take it on the chin, tax, tax evasion, tenormin, total, traceable, transfusion reaction, truancy, undismayed, unfailing, unfulfilled, ungrateful, unnaturally, unrealised, unrealized, unresponsiveness, unrighteousness, ventilator, ventricular septal defect, verapamil, weakness

Antonyms:
achiever, winner

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