fail

/feɪl/ · noun

Meaning

Poor quality; substandard workmanship.
A failure (condition of being unsuccessful)
A failure (something incapable of success)
A failure, especially of a financial transaction (a termination of an action).
A failing grade in an academic examination.
To be unsuccessful.
Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)
To neglect.
Of a machine, etc.: to cease to operate correctly.
To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert.
To receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits.
That is a failure.
A piece of turf cut from grassland.

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