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31fail — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To be unsuccessful] Syn. miscarry, fall short, miss, slip, lose, make nothing of, come to naught, come to nothing, falter, flounder, blunder, break down, break, run aground, founder, misfire, come to grief, get into trouble …
32fail — See: WITHOUT FAIL …
33fail — See: WITHOUT FAIL …
34fail — See: without fail …
35fail — verb 1》 be unsuccessful in an undertaking. ↘be unable to meet the standards set by (a test). ↘judge (a candidate in an examination or test) not to have passed. 2》 neglect to do something. ↘disappoint expectations: commuter chaos has… …
36fail — I. v. n. 1. Fall short, come short, be insufficient, be deficient, be wanting. 2. Decline, sink, decay, wane, fade, break, give out. 3. Cease, disappear, become extinct, be wanting. 4. Miss, miscarry, be unsuccessful, be frustrated, end in smoke …
37fail — verb 1) the enterprise had failed Syn: be unsuccessful, not succeed, fall through, fall flat, collapse, founder, backfire, meet with disaster, come to nothing, come to naught; informal flop, bomb Ant: succeed 2) …
38fail — [[t]feɪl[/t]] v. i. 1) to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed[/ex] 2) to receive less than the passing grade or mark in an examination, class, or course of study 3) to …
39fail-safe — fail′ safe adj. 1) elo equipped with a secondary system that ensures continued operation even if the primary system fails 2) mil denoting a system of safeguards in which bombers may not proceed past a prearranged point or nuclear weapons may not… …
40fail´ing|ly — fail|ing «FAY lihng», noun, preposition, adjective. –n. 1. = failure. (Cf. ↑failure) 2. a fault; weakness; defect: »She is a charming girl in spite of her failings. His bigotry, the failing of age (William H. Prescott). SYNONYM(S): shortcoming.… …
