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Meanings of failure in English

Russian
неудача
Portuguese
fracasso
Spanish
fracaso
Catalan
fracàs

State or event of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, relative to a particular observer or belief system.

    неудача
    Catalan
    perdedor

    A person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently.

        perdedor
        Portuguese
        falência

        Inability to discharge all your debts as they come due.

              falência
              Usage of failure in English
              1
              Congestive heart failure is a major public health problem in western countries.
              Pubmed
              2
              Typically, EU governments can only intervene in cases of clear market failure.
              The Irish Times
              3
              Introduction: Terminal chronic renal failure is a truly global public health problem.
              Pubmed
              4
              Heart failure is a major health burden, affecting 40 million people globally.
              Pubmed
              5
              Lord Stern said climate change was the greatest market failure of history.
              NY Magazine
              6
              This situation is the direct result of the failure of public policy.
              The South African
              7
              If the failure in duty was not inevitable, then it was base.
              Joy and Power: Three Messages with One Meaning
              8
              The conflict in his mind again began; anger and failure stifled him.
              Around the World in Eighty Days
              9
              Its success or failure will therefore be seen as his responsibility alone.
              Reuters
              10
              In debt-laden China it's different: the state throws money at avoiding failure.
              Reuters
              11
              The case is a prime example of institutional failure on several fronts.
              News.com.au
              12
              The almost complete failure to debate serious problems was a national tragedy.
              The new yorker
              13
              More than four years later, the issue really is success or failure.
              Wired
              14
              Their failure showed that they were no parts of the real Israel.
              Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts
              15
              The Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance was a failure from the outset.
              A History of Trade Unionism in the United States
              16
              Romney said Obama's inability to work on the problem was a failure.
              Reuters
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              Translations for failure
              Spanish
              fracaso
              Failure through the time
              Failure across language varieties
              Ireland
              Common
              South Africa
              Common
              United States of America
              Common
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