Failing: alternatives and connections

Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops.

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The quality or condition of being imperfect; want of perfection; incompleteness; deficiency; fault or blemish.

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The state of being imperfect.

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Weariness from bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude or exhaustion of strength.

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A crack or breach; a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion; as, a flaw in a knife or a vase.

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The quality or state of being inadequate or insufficient; defectiveness; insufficiency; inadequateness.

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The quality or state of being insufficient; want of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the insufficiency of provisions, of an excuse, etc.

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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 expect…

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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 expect…

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To fail, as on a lesson; to back out, as from an undertaking, through fear.

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To fail, as on a lesson; to back out, as from an undertaking, through fear.

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To fail, as on a lesson; to back out, as from an undertaking, through fear.

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The quality or state of being weak; want of strength or firmness; lack of vigor; want of resolution or of moral strength; feebleness.

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To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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