Dictionary Entry
failure
failure is a 7-letter English word with 13 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 13 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops.
- 2noun
Omission; nonperformance; as, the failure to keep a promise.
- 3noun
Want of success; the state of having failed.
- 4noun
Decay, or defect from decay; deterioration; as, the failure of memory or of sight.
- 5noun
A becoming insolvent; bankruptcy; suspension of payment; as, failure in business.
- 6noun
A failing; a slight fault.
- 7noun
an unexpected omission
"he resented my failure to return his call"
"the mechanic's failure to check the brakes"
- 8noun
an act that fails
"his failure to pass the test"
- 9noun
an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose
"the surprise party was a complete failure"
- 10noun
a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
Synonyms
- 11noun
loss of ability to function normally
"kidney failure"
- 12noun
lack of success
"he felt that his entire life had been a failure"
"that year there was a crop failure"
- 13noun
inability to discharge all your debts as they come due
"the company had to declare bankruptcy"
"fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks"
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