Definition of fail
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noun (n)
Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; -- mostly superseded by failure or failing , except in the phrase without fail . (noun)
source: webster1913
verb (v)
fail to do something; leave something undone (verb.social)
Example: She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib.
The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account.
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be unsuccessful (verb.social)
Example: Where do today's public schools fail?.
The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably.
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disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake (verb.emotion)
Example: His sense of smell failed him this time.
His strength finally failed him.
His children failed him in the crisis.
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stop operating or functioning (verb.change)
Example: The engine failed on the way to town.
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be unable (verb.social)
Example: I fail to understand your motives.
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judge unacceptable (verb.social)
Example: The teacher failed six students.
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fail to get a passing grade (verb.social)
Example: She studied hard but failed nevertheless.
Did I fail the test?.
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fall short in what is expected (verb.social)
Example: She failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law.
We must not fail his obligation to the victims of the Holocaust.
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become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close (verb.possession)
Example: A number of banks failed that year.
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prove insufficient (verb.change)
Example: The water supply for the town failed after a long drought.
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get worse (verb.change)
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To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in the usual or expected manner, or to be altogether cut off from supply; to be lacking; as, streams fail ; crops fail . (verb)
source: webster1913
To be wanting to ; to be insufficient for; to disappoint; to desert. (verb)
source: webster1913
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