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fail::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | betray |
| Type of | let down, disappoint |
His sense of smell failed him this time.
His strength finally failed him.
His children failed him in the crisis.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | go wrong, miscarry |
| Has types | foul up, fuck up, ball up, overreach, muff, muck up, miss, mishandle, blow, mess up, louse up, fall, fall flat, fall through, flop, flub, fluff, fumble, founder, take it on the chin, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, strike out, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, spoil, shipwreck, screw up |
| Derivation | failure |
Where do today's public schools fail?.
The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably.
fail::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | neglect |
| Has types | default on, miss, muff, lose track, default, strike out, choke |
| Derivation | failure |
She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib.
The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | break, break down, conk out, die, give out, give way, go, go bad |
| Type of | change |
| Has types | crash, go down, blow, malfunction, misfire, misfunction, burn out, blow out |
| Verb group | die, decease, croak, give-up the ghost, conk, choke, pass, pass away, expire, perish, pop off, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, snuff it, go, exit, break, kick the bucket, drop dead |
| Derivation | failure |
The engine failed on the way to town.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Verb group | flunk, flush it, bomb |
| Derivation | failure, failing |
She failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law.
We must not fail his obligation to the victims of the Holocaust.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | pass judgment, evaluate, judge |
| Verb group | flunk, flush it, bomb |
| Derivation | failing |
The teacher failed six students.
| Type | Words |
|---|
I fail to understand your motives.
fail:: | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | failure |
A number of banks failed that year.
