crop failure
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3.6
- noun
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fallo de cultivos
- The recent crop failure has left many families unable to afford food for the winter.
- crop failure during drought
- famine from crop failures
- year of crop failure
It'd stay there for years, block much sunlight, and cause widespread crop failure and famines.
- It'd stay there for years, block much sunlight, and cause widespread crop failure and famines.
- So we have widespread crop failure, high numbers of people dead, mass migration, political tensions, and possibly war.
- So where, you know, a crop failure can be pretty devastating.
Examples
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Farmers still face the greatest risks, bearing the brunt of crop failures, rising production costs, falling prices, and fluctuating exchange values.
Academic text (1996) -
More serious were the long periods of crop failure, which resulted in a poorly nourished population.
Blog text (30) -
At times, crop failure is on a massive scale.
Academic text (2000) -
So where, you know, a crop failure can be pretty devastating.
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We are seeing sustained crop failure as a result of climate collapse, right?
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Which means that going forward, even small crop failures are going to drive grain prices to record levels.
Blog text (29) -
So we have widespread crop failure, high numbers of people dead, mass migration, political tensions, and possibly war.
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Crop failure in the South, therefore, had greatly accentuated economic hardship among the city's residents.
Academic text (1992) -
But drought and 1995's cotton crop failure triggered a dramatic turnabout in planting patterns.
Academic text (1997) -
The rural exodus swelled during drought years, when crop failures forced many peasants to lose or abandon their land.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
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8.1
A situation when nothing useful can be produced
Antonyms
How Productive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning — crops not producing an adequate yield — is directly and compositionally derived from 'crop' (seasonal plants) + 'failure' (not achieving a desired result). This is a literal compound noun with clear cross-linguistic parallels, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Crop failure paints a simple picture: fields where the crop did not grow and the failure is an empty or very small harvest. That's why it means 'crops do not produce enough' to sell or to feed people.