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  Fail \Fail\ (f[=a]l) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Failed (f[=a]ld); p.
     pr. & vb. n. Failing.] [F. failir, fr. L. fallere, falsum,
     to deceive, akin to E. fall. See Fail, and cf. Fallacy,
     False, Fault.]
     1. 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.
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              As the waters fail from the sea.      --Job xiv. 11.
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              Till Lionel's issue fails, his should not reign.
                                                    --Shak.
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     2. To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be
        deficient or unprovided; -- used with of.
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              If ever they fail of beauty, this failure is not be
              attributed to their size.             --Berke.
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     3. To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay;
        to sink.
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              When earnestly they seek
              Such proof, conclude they then begin to fail.
                                                    --Milton.
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     4. To deteriorate in respect to vigor, activity, resources,
        etc.; to become weaker; as, a sick man fails.
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     5. To perish; to die; -- used of a person. [Obs.]
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              Had the king in his last sickness failed. --Shak.
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     6. To be found wanting with respect to an action or a duty to
        be performed, a result to be secured, etc.; to miss; not
        to fulfill expectation.
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              Take heed now that ye fail not to do this. --Ezra
                                                    iv. 22.
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              Either my eyesight fails, or thou look'st pale.
                                                    --Shak.
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     7. To come short of a result or object aimed at or desired;
        to be baffled or frusrated.
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              Our envious foe hath failed.          --Milton.
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     8. To err in judgment; to be mistaken.
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              Which ofttimes may succeed, so as perhaps
              Shall grieve him, if I fail not.      --Milton.
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     9. To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to
        be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business
        obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent; as, many
        credit unions failed in the late 1980's.
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  Fail \Fail\, n. [OF. faille, from failir. See Fail, v. i.]
     1. Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; -- mostly
        superseded by failure or failing, except in the phrase
        without fail. ``His highness' fail of issue.'' --Shak.
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     2. Death; decease. [Obs.] --Shak.
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  Failing \Fail"ing\, n.
     1. A failing short; a becoming deficient; failure;
        deficiency; imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault;
        infirmity; as, a mental failing.
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              And ever in her mind she cast about
              For that unnoticed failing in herself. --Tennyson.
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     2. The act of becoming insolvent of bankrupt.
  
     Syn: See Fault.
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  Fail \Fail\v. i. [imp. & p. p. Failed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Failing.] [F. failir, fr. L. fallere, falsum, to deceive,
     akin to E. fall. See Fail, and cf. Fallacy, False,
     Fault.]
     1. 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.
  
              As the waters fail from the sea.      --Job xiv. 11.
  
              Till Lionel's issue fails, his should not reign.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     2. To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be
        deficient or unprovided; -- used with of.
  
              If ever they fail of beauty, this failure is not be
              attributed to their size.             --Berke.
  
     3. To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay;
        to sink.
  
              When earnestly they seek Such proof, conclude they
              then begin to fail.                   --Milton.
  
     4. To deteriorate in respect to vigor, activity, resources,
        etc.; to become weaker; as, a sick man fails.
  
     5. To perish; to die; -- used of a person. [Obs.]
  
              Had the king in his last sickness failed. --Shak.
  
     6. To be found wanting with respect to an action or a duty to
        be performed, a result to be secured, etc.; to miss; not
        to fulfill expectation.
  
              Take heed now that ye fail not to do this. --Ezra
                                                    iv. 22.
  
              Either my eyesight fails, or thou look'st pale.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     7. To come short of a result or object aimed at or desired;
        to be baffled or frusrated.
  
              Our envious foe hath failed.          --Milton.
  
     8. To err in judgment; to be mistaken.
  
              Which ofttimes may succeed, so as perhaps Shall
              grieve him, if I fail not.            --Milton.
  
     9. To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to
        be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business
        obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent.

  Failing \Fail"ing\, n.
     1. A failing short; a becoming deficient; failure;
        deficiency; imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault;
        infirmity; as, a mental failing.
  
              And ever in her mind she cas about For that
              unnoticed failing in herself.         --Tennyson.
  
     2. The act of becoming insolvent of bankrupt.
  
     Syn: See Fault.

  failing
       adj 1: unable to meet financial obligations; "a failing business
              venture" [syn: failed]
       2: below acceptable in performance; "received failing grades"
       n 1: a flaw or weak point; "he was quick to point out his wife's
            failings" [syn: weakness]
       2: failure to reach a minimum required performance; "his
          failing the course led to his disqualification" [ant: passing]

  failing
     n.
     weakness; defect
     prep.
     If what follows is not possible; without.
     vb.
     (present participle of en fail nocat=1)

  Failing
     n.
     (surname: en).

  failing
     n.
     weakness; defect
     prep.
     If what follows is not possible; without.
     vb.
     (present participle of en fail nocat=1)

  Failing
     n.
     (surname: en).

  failing
     n.
     weakness; defect
     prep.
     If what follows is not possible; without.
     vb.
     (present participle of en fail nocat=1)

  Failing
     n.
     (surname: en).

  failing
     n.
     weakness; defect
     prep.
     If what follows is not possible; without.
     vb.
     (present participle of en fail nocat=1)

  Failing
     n.
     (surname: en).

  failing
     Englanti n.
     puute, heikkous
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm f ail ing)

  failing
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en fail ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb fail)

  Failing /fˈeɪlɪŋ/
  العيب

  failing //ˈfeɪ.lɪŋ// 
  грешка, недостатък
  defect

  failing //ˈfeɪ.lɪŋ// 
  ако не, в отсъствие на
  if not possible

  failing /fˈeɪlɪŋ/ 
  selhávající

  failing /fˈeɪlɪŋ/ 
  selhání

  failing /fˈeɪlɪŋ/
  nedostatek

  failing /fˈeɪlɪŋ/
  Schwäche , Fehler , Mangel 

  failing /fˈeɪlɪŋ/
  angeschlagen, angegriffen 
        "be in failing health"  - eine angeschlagene/angegriffene Gesundheit haben

  failing /fˈeɪlɪŋ/
  ausfallend
   see: fail, failed, fail briefly
  

  failing /fˈeɪlɪŋ/
  durchfallend, scheiternd, versagend
   see: fail, failed, fails, failed, fail miserably, be unsuccessful because of sth.
  

  failing /fˈeɪlɪŋ/
  fehlschlagend
     Synonym: going wrong
  
   see: fail, go wrong, failed, gone wrong, fails, goes wrong, failed, went wrong
  

  failing /fˈeɪlɪŋ/
  missglückend, mißglückend
     Synonyms: being unsuccessful, miscarrying
  
   see: fail, be unsuccessful, miscarry, failed, been unsuccessful, miscarried
  

  failing /fˈeɪlɪŋ/
  misslingend, scheiternd, fehlschlagend, versagend
   see: fail, failed, it fails
  

  failing /fˈeɪlɪŋ/
  
  εξασθενημένος, ελάττωμα

  failing /fˈeɪlɪŋ/ 
  1. कमी
        "Many of us donot acknowledge the failings in the administrative system."

  failing /fˈeɪlɪŋ/ 
  1. न~होने~पर, के~अभाव~में
        "Ask your friend to recommend the books or,failing that get a catalogue from the library."

  failing /fˈeɪlɪŋ/
  mana, slabost, u nedostatku

  failing /fˈeɪlɪŋ/
  1. kihagyó
  2. gyengeség
  3. romló
  4. gyenge
  5. gyarlóság
  6. tökéletlenség
  7. kudarcot valló
  8. hiba
  9. hiányában
  10. hanyatló
  11. gyengülô
  12. kudarcot vallott
  13. bukott
  14. bukásra álló

  failing /feılıŋ/
  1. trūkumas, silpnybė
  2. silpstantis, silpnėjantis
  3. nesant, trūkstant

  failing /ˈfeɪlɪŋ/
  I.    wada
  II.   1.  zawodzący, słaby
   2.  failing this/that (:failing [:this | :that])
   - a jak się nie da to, a jak się nie da

  failing //ˈfeɪ.lɪŋ// 
  brist, fel, svaghet
  defect

  failing /fˈeɪlɪŋ/
  1. kusur, zaaf, ayıp
  2. zail olan, eksilen.

  failing /fˈeɪlɪŋ/
  1. (edat) olmadığı takdirde. failing that aksi takdirde.

  
/ˈfeɪɫɪŋ/

  202 Moby Thesaurus words for "failing":
     abortive, arrested, bad habit, besetting sin, blemish, blind spot,
     bootless, bug, cachectic, callow, catch, comedown, coming apart,
     crack, cracking, crumbling, debasement, debilitated, decadence,
     decadency, decadent, declension, declination, decline, declining,
     defect, defection, defective, deficiency, deficient, deformation,
     degeneracy, degenerate, degenerateness, degeneration, degradation,
     demotion, depravation, depravedness, depreciation, derogation,
     descent, deteriorating, deterioration, devolution, disintegrating,
     downtrend, downturn, downward mobility, downward trend, drained,
     draining, drawback, drooping, drop, dwindling, dying, ebb, ebbing,
     effete, effeteness, embryonic, enervated, exhausted, fading,
     failed, failure, failure of nerve, fall, falling, falling-off,
     fault, faute, feeble, flagging, flaw, foible, found wanting,
     fragmenting, frail, frailty, fruitless, futile, going to pieces,
     healthless, hole, hypoplastic, immature, imperfect, imperfection,
     in arrear, in arrears, in default, in default of, in poor health,
     in short supply, inadequacy, inadequate, incompetent, incomplete,
     ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, infant, infirm, infirmity,
     insufficient, invalid, involution, kink, lacking, lame,
     languishing, lapse, little problem, loss of tone, manque,
     marcescent, miscarried, miscarrying, missing, moral flaw, moribund,
     needing, not enough, of no effect, pale, part, partial, patchy,
     peaked, peaky, pining, problem, reduced, reduced in health,
     regression, regressive, retrocession, retrogradation, retrograde,
     retrogression, retrogressive, rift, run-down, sans, scant, scanty,
     scarce, scrappy, short, shortcoming, shriveling, shy, sickly,
     sinking, sketchy, sliding, slippage, slipping, slump, slumping,
     snag, something missing, stickit, stillborn, subsiding,
     successless, tabetic, taint, too little, underdeveloped,
     undeveloped, unequal to, unfortunate, unhealthy, unqualified,
     unsatisfactory, unsatisfying, unsound, unsuccessful, unsufficing,
     useless, valetudinarian, valetudinary, vice, vulnerable place,
     wane, waning, wanting, wasting, weak link, weak point, weak side,
     weakened, weakly, weakness, wilting, with low resistance,
     withering, without, worsening
  
  

  n. 失败,缺点,过失;

     n. 失败,不及格,缺点,弱点,短处
     prep. 如果没有…,如果…失败