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failure |ˈfālyər|

Wed May 13, 2009, 6:15 AM
noun
1 lack of success : an economic policy that is doomed to failure | the failures of his policies.
• an unsuccessful person, enterprise, or thing : bad weather had resulted in crop failures.
• lack of success in passing an examination or test : exam failure.
• a grade that is not high enough to pass an examination or test.
2 the omission of expected or required action : their failure to comply with the basic rules.
• a lack or deficiency of a desirable quality : a failure of imagination.
3 the action or state of not functioning : symptoms of heart failure | an engine failure.
• a sudden cessation of power.
• the collapse of a business.
ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (originally as failer, in the senses [nonoccurrence] and [cessation of supply] ): from Anglo-Norman French failer for Old French faillir (see fail ).
failure
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1 the failure of the assassination attempt lack of success, nonfulfillment, defeat, collapse, foundering. antonym success.
2 all his schemes had been a failure fiasco, debacle, catastrophe, disaster; informal flop, megaflop, washout, dead loss, snafu, clinker, dud, no-go. antonym success.
3 she was regarded as a failure loser, underachiever, ne’er-do-well, disappointment; informal no-hoper, dead loss, dud, write-off. antonym success.
4 his failure in duty negligence, dereliction; omission, oversight.
5 a crop failure inadequacy, insufficiency, deficiency, dearth, scarcity, shortfall.
6 the failure of the camera breaking down, breakdown, malfunction; crash.
7 company failures collapse, crash, bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, closure. antonym success.

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Bahaha. Thanks for the fav.

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Hello! :glomp:

I am back on dA! I have not been here for years but the place hasn't changed much.

*watchy watch*
Thanks for the re-watch!

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Ah, poetry. :D SO much of a varies artist you are.

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thank you. been... silent... of late and need to restart

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“The job of art is to chase ugliness away” - Bono.
hey, man.

thanks heaps for the watch. :D

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In my long life, I have learnt but two important things.

That Sanity is optional

But pants are not!
thankyou for the :+fav: & friendage, much appreciated...very interesting gallery...you are certainly a multi-talented individual;)

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to discover...small tears of his wax"
The Exquisite Corpse
ThePencilClub
Thank you for that note.

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“The job of art is to chase ugliness away” - Bono.
Thank you for the fave! :)

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-Sarah

"Art is Meant to Disturb" -George Braque
you are welcome.

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