failure
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2.7
- noun
- /ˈfeɪljər/
- Offensive
:
fracasado
- I had convinced myself that I was a total failure if I didn't get all A's.
I have been a total failure as a father.
- I have been a total failure as a father.
- I heard you're a failure and you are unlovable.
- I tried, but I'm just a failure, you know?
- They don't realize that failure does not make them a failure.
- Instead of saying I am a failure, he chose to think something else.
- When you fail in sport, you feel like a complete failure if that's all you do.
- But I did not want to be the failure that I was with Khan, with Keanu.
- So when you fail, you go, this failure must be me.
- OK, just such a failure, such a failure.
Examples
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I have been a total failure as a father.
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When you fail in sport, you feel like a complete failure if that's all you do.
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What are you more afraid of, failure or success and why?
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You feel like a big, fat failure now.
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One night, he was talking seriously to me about the failure of his marriage.
Fiction book (1992) -
I felt like a failure.
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I feel like a failure and you may relate to me.
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We have learned as much from our failures as from our successes.
Academic text (2011) -
They don't realize that failure does not make them a failure.
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She was afraid that her constant mistakes would label her a failure in her job.
Synonyms
810
4.8
A person who often fails and who others look down on
44
4.3
A project or event that does not succeed
17
5.8
A person who disappoints others by not doing well
11
4.6
A person, often a student, who gets lower grades than they could
4
7.2
A person who fails to succeed after showing early promise
1
6.5
A person who often fails and seems unlucky
1
8.2
Something that fails completely
1
5.2
A person or company that does not do as well as others expect
1
4.2
A person who often fails to reach their goals
1
7.6
A person who often fails and is not taken seriously
A person who does less well than expected for their abilities
A person who does not reach an important goal
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
48
3.0
A condition when the heart cannot pump enough blood around the body
18
3.0
A condition when the kidneys stop working and cannot remove waste or keep water and salts in balance
- Specialized
10
3.5
A condition in which the heart cannot pump blood well, causing fluid to build up in the body
- Specialized
9
3.9
A serious condition where the kidneys stop removing waste and balancing body fluids
- Specialized
1
4.1
A long-term condition in which the kidneys slowly stop working well
- Specialized
1
4.2
A sudden loss of the kidneys' ability to remove waste from the blood
- Specialized
1
5.1
A sudden severe loss of kidney function caused by injury or infection
- Specialized
The heart and blood vessels cannot send enough blood to the parts of the body
- Specialized
Long-term loss of kidney function that makes waste build up in the body
- Specialized
A condition in which the heart cannot pump enough blood for the body
- Specialized
Money a company loses when faulty products reach customers, for example from returns or repairs
- Specialized
Money a company loses when faulty products or services cause problems for customers and the company
- Specialized
Costs a company pays when it finds and fixes or throws away defective products before they reach customers
How Successful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Failure comes from the old verb fail, which meant 'to be lacking' or 'not succeed'. So calling a person a failure means they have not reached what they tried to do.