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Definition failure in British English

failure noun

noun
/ˈfeɪljə(r)/
1

a lack of success in doing something

Example

I'm too proud to admit failure.

Example

Their first attempt to climb Everest ended in failure.

Example

She is depressed by her continued failure to find a job.

Example

The failure of the talks has made the situation worse.

Synonyms and related words
fail fiasco debacle
2

a situation in which you do not do something that someone expects you to do

Example

He was angry about the failure of the UN to intervene in the crisis.

Example

Failure to comply with the rules can result in expulsion.

Synonyms and related words
inaction avoidance standstill
3

a situation in which something such as a machine or an organ in your body stops working correctly

Example

The crash seems to have been caused by an engine failure.

Example

He died from liver failure.

Synonyms and related words
fail fiasco debacle bit rot breakdown bug
3.1

a situation in which a business cannot continue operating

Example

Business failures soared by more than a third in the second half of this year.

Synonyms and related words
fail fiasco debacle
3.2

a situation in which crops do not finish growing, so that they cannot be used for food

Synonyms and related words
arable broadacre cash crop
4

someone or something that has not achieved success

Example

The party was a total failure.

Example

I feel such a failure.

Synonyms and related words
lost cause also-ran lame duck
Example

a failure of imagination

Synonyms and related words
failure wilderness eclipse
Definition failure in British English