Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The act of a person or thing that fails; a failure.
- n. A minor fault.
- adj. Undergoing failure: failing health; failing kidneys; a failing business.
- prep. In the absence of; without: Failing new evidence, the case will surely be lost.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act or condition of one who fails; imperfection; weakness; fault.
- n. Synonyms Foible, imperfection, shortcoming, weakness, infirmity.
Wiktionary
- v. present participle of fail.
- n. weakness; defect
- prep. if the preferred or prior option is not possible
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A failing short; a becoming deficient; failure; deficiency; imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault; infirmity.
- n. The act of becoming insolvent of bankrupt.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. below acceptable in performance
- n. a flaw or weak point
- n. failure to reach a minimum required performance
Examples
“They said it loud and clear and many times over. they think that America failing is their ticket to power.”
Clinton: Vetting process for administration jobs 'a nightmare'
“One defense against this failing is the Bill of Rights, but the list of protected liberties is not intended to be complete.”
“Chris Christie has frequently said that Newark schools spend nearly $25,000 per student, despite what he calls failing results.”
“The insurgent group posted a statement on its English-language Web site Tuesday that linked the longtime diplomat's demise to what it called a failing war.”
The Washington Post: Taliban blames Holbrooke death on war 'failures'
“But the Sudanese leader chided southern politicians for what he called failing to live up to the terms of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement, or CPA.”
Voice of America: Bashir Suggests South Sudan's Referendum Might Be Invalid
“What's worse is that the insider source was used to say that she was a certainty for the role and the article went onto hammer her and what they called her failing career.”
“A U.N. human rights official was blasting the Bush administration for what he calls failing the victims of Hurricane Katrina.”
“The Bush team plan allows parents after three years, if their children are stuck in what they describe as a failing school, to take some of that federal money, pay for a tutor or possibly private school education.”
“But there were no allegations of assault and he was still held to account for what he described as failing to "live up to the standards and principles of trust, respect and integrity" he had set at the company.”
“So the federal stimulus money that's being offered now to the states is being offered on the condition that they raise charter school caps, that they tie teacher evaluations to students 'test scores, that they close what they call failing schools, that they turn them over to private turnaround operators.”
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EU Buzz - Lisbon Treaty
All words of the Lisbon Treaty
(Persons' names, foreign and grammatical words have been eliminated, MWEs have been split up into individual words. Capitalization has been retained if r...conferral, stateless, person, voting, right, subsidiarity, Latvia, Malta, Slovenia, Lithuania, Finland, Estonia and 2614 more...
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You Broke It!
After the school bully breaks your new yo-yo, you can use these words to describe it. All hail the carnage!
broken, faulty, slipshod, weak, destroyed, dismantled, busted, cracked, chipped, bent, shattered, irreparable and 147 more...
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