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failure
noun as in lack of success
Strongest matches
bankruptcy, breakdown, collapse, decline, defeat, deficiency, deterioration, failing, loss, misstep
Strong matches
abortion, bomb, botch, bungle, bust, checkmate, decay, deficit, downfall, fiasco, flop, frustration, implosion, inadequacy, lemon, loser, mess, misadventure, miscarriage, nonperformance, overthrow, rout, rupture, stalemate, stoppage, turkey, washout, wreck
Weak matches
false step, faux pas, flash in the pan, lead balloon, nonsuccess, sinking ship, total loss
Example Sentences
The failure of the mine-waste dam and resulting mudslide near the town of Mariana killed 19 people and polluted more than 400 miles of rivers.
Many investors focus on how a new issue performs on the first day of trading, judging it a success or failure based on its first-day “pop.”
Vale and BHP were acquitted in November 2024 of criminal charges by a Brazilian court, which ruled there was insufficient evidence linking them to the dam's failure.
This isn’t only a policy failure; it’s a moral one.
“It was an unacceptable failure of government to protect the lives and property of its citizens.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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