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failingnoun a defect in characterwe could talk about your failings, but it would take all night demerit, dereliction, fault, foible, frailty, shortcoming, sin, vice, want, weakness blot, spot, stainblemish, deficiency, flaw, imperfection, minus, nitAchilles' heel, soft spotcorruption, depravity, evil, immorality, sinfulness, wickedness feet of clay merit, virtue excellence, perfectiongoodness, integrity, morality, probity, rectitude, righteousness to stop functioningmy car failed just as I was about to head to work breaking, breaking down, conking (out), crashing, cutting out, dying, giving out, stalling fizzling, sputtering, wheezingacting up, malfunctioningjamming starting (up) to be unsuccessfuldespite all the publicity, the movie failed miserably at the box office bombing, collapsing, cratering, flaming out, flopping, flunking, folding, foundering, missing, striking out, tanking, washing out floundering, strugglingdeclining, sinking, skidding, slipping, slumping, waningcrashing, crumbling, miscarrying, misfiringgoing underimploding, self-destructing coming a cropper, coming to grief, coming up empty, dying on the vine, falling flat, falling on one's face, falling short, laying an egg clicking, coming off, delivering, going, going over, panning out, succeeding, working out cooking, flourishing, prospering, thrivingprevailing, triumphing, winning to fall short in satisfying the expectation or hope ofalthough the minor-league franchise continues to fail local fans, hope springs eternal cheating, disappointing, dissatisfying, letting down bumming (out), chagrining, discontenting, disgruntling, displeasing, distressing, upsettingdisenchanting, disillusioningdeceiving, deluding, mocking contenting, gratifying, satisfying fulfillinggladdening to lose bodily strength or vigorever since she reached the age of 90, Grandma has been noticeably failing decaying, drooping, emaciating, fading, flagging, going, lagging, languishing, sagging, sinking, wasting (away), weakening, wilting, withering breaking down, wearing outyieldingdegenerating, deteriorating, rotting, running down convalescing, rallying, rebounding, recovering, recuperatinggaining to miss the opportunity or obligationfailed to mention that he was looking for new job forgetting, neglecting, omitting disregarding, ignoring, overlooking, overpassing, passing over, pretermitting, slightingsliding, slippingdefaultingskipping missing out on heeding, minding, rememberingkeeping, observingcarrying out, doing, executing, performing, practicing(also practising)discharging, fulfilling, meeting, satisfyingcomplying (with) n.fault, failing, frailty, foible, vice mean an imperfection or weakness of character.fault implies a failure, not necessarily culpable, to reach some standard of perfection in disposition, action, or habit.a writer of many virtues and few faults failing suggests a minor shortcoming in character.being late is a failing of mine frailty implies a general or chronic proneness to yield to temptation.human frailties foible applies to a harmless or endearing weakness or idiosyncrasy.an eccentric's charming foibles vice can be a general term for any imperfection or weakness, but it often suggests violation of a moral code or the giving of offense to the moral sensibilities of others.compulsive gambling was his vice in 1590 |