failing

Plural: failings

Noun

• A minor fault or weakness in character.
• a flaw or weak point
  • "he was quick to point out his wife's failings"
• failure to reach a minimum required performance
  • "his failing the course led to his disqualification"
• weakness; defect

Verb

• fail to do something; leave something undone
• be unsuccessful
• disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake
• stop operating or functioning
• be unable
• judge unacceptable
• fail to get a passing grade
• fall short in what is expected
• become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close
• prove insufficient
• get worse
• present participle and gerund of fail

Adjective Satellite

• below acceptable in performance
  • "received failing grades"

Prep

• If what follows is not possible; without.

Examples

• A large proportion of the females employed in other firms are said to have signified their intention of going on strike, failing a settlement.
• His constant overthinking was a common FAILING that often led to missed opportunities in Words With Friends.
• His worst failing is his temper.

Synonyms

betray, bomb, break, break down, conk out, die, fail, flunk, flush it, give out, give way, go, go bad, go wrong, miscarry, neglect, run out, weakness

Antonyms

manage, pass, passing, succeed

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