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failuresnounpl. of failure a falling short of one's goalsthe failure of the school's fund-raising drive was a big disappointment to all collapses, crashes, croppers, defeats, fizzles, nonachievements, nonsuccesses futilitiesineffectualities, inefficaciesdeficiencies, inadequacies, insufficienciesdisappointments, letdowns, setbacks accomplishments, achievements, successes victories, wins something that has failedthe students' first attempt to build a homemade rocket was a disappointing failure bombs, bummers, busts, catastrophes, clinkers, clunkers, debacles(also débâcles), disasters, duds, fiascoes, fizzles, flops, frosts, lemons, losers, misses, shipwrecks, turkeys, washouts also-rans, disappointments, dogs, has-beens, near missesbotches, hashes, messes, muddles, shamblesnoneventsnonstarters blockbusters, hits, smashes, successes, winners corkers, crackerjacks(also crackajacks), dandies, jim-dandies, phenomena(or phenomenons) a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or numberthe failure of the potato crop had a devastating effect on the population of Ireland crunches, dearths, deficiencies, deficits, droughts(also drouths), famines, inadequacies, insufficiencies, lacks, lacunae(also lacunas), paucities, pinches, poverties, scarcities, shortages, undersupplies, wants absences, omissionsnecessities, needs, privations abundances, adequacies, amplitudes, opulences, plenitudes, plenties, sufficiencies, wealths excesses, overabundances, oversupplies, surfeits, surpluses the inability to pay one's debtsyears of prolonged economic depression, when business failures were common |