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• n  an act that fails
  his failure to pass the test
• n  an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose
  the surprise party was a complete failure
• n  lack of success
  he felt that his entire life had been a failure
  that year there was a crop failure
• n  a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
• n  an unexpected omission
  he resented my failure to return his call
  the mechanic's failure to check the brakes
• n  inability to discharge all your debts as they come due
  fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks
• n  loss of ability to function normally
  kidney failure

• The failure investigation began immediately and continued until around June 1995.
• Soon after the failure investigation began, Hughes provided the State Department a satellite debris recovery plan for the failure.
• The situation in Afghanistan is serious and growing worse and without more boots on the ground the United States risks failure in a war it's been waging since shortly after the .

• loser
• nonstarter
• unsuccessful person
• bankruptcy

• success
• achiever

News & Articles

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• Water pump failure forces Hope Creek to shut down
  A cooling water pump failure forced the shutdown Wednesday of PSEG Nuclear's 1,219 megawatt Hope Creek nuclear reactor, with the plant going offline without complication.
  June 13, 2013 - The News Journal
• Motor failure blamed for leaving window washers hanging 45 stories above NYC
  NEW YORK - A motor failure left two window washers hanging for more than an hour on a platform outside a building 45 stories above New York City on Wednesday before they were pulled in by rescue workers, the fire department said.
  June 12, 2013 - The Fargo Forum
• George Bush “Miserable Failure” Google Bomb Back, This Time In Knowledge Graph
  The Google Bomb is back! Searching for [ miserable failure ] in Google now returns George W. Bush’s knowledge graph in the search results.
  June 12, 2013 - Search Engine Land

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in BusinessWeek
  Our failure to act responsibly at the federal level will only open the door to irresponsibility by others,Obama said at a Rose Garden naturalization ceremony for 24 members of the US military. "That includes, for example, the recent...
• Mark Sanford in New York Daily News
  I want to take full responsibility for the moral failure that led us to this tragic point. Jenny is a great person, and has been a remarkable wife, mother and First Lady,Sanford said at the time.