failure

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Noun

1. [[state|State]] or [[condition]] of not [[meet]]ing a [[desirable]] or [[intended]] [[objective]], [[opposite]] of [[success]].
2. [[omission|Omission]] to do something, whether or not it was attempted, especially something that ought to have been done.
3. An [[object]], person or [[endeavour]] in a state of failure, has [[failed]] at something or [[incapable]] of [[success]].
4. [[terminate|Termination]] of the [[ability]] of an [[item]] to [[perform]] its [[required]] [[function]]; [[breakdown]].
5. [[bankruptcy|Bankruptcy]].

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