failing
fai
ˈfeÉĒ
fei
ling
lÉĒng
ling
/fˈe‍ÉĒlÉĒŋ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "failing"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨ, āĻĒāϤāύāĻļā§€āϞ

characterized by shortcomings, deficiencies, or a decline in quality
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His failing health prevented him from participating in activities he once enjoyed.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻŦāύāϤāĻŋāĻļā§€āϞ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āϝ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϏ⧇āχ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ•āϞāĻžāĻĒ⧇ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻž āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āωāĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāϞ⧇

‌used to present an alternative suggestion in case something does not happen or succeed
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Sarah hoped to secure a full scholarship for college; failing that, she planned to apply for financial aid.
āϏāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ•āϞ⧇āĻœā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āϏ⧁āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāĻļāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ; āύāĻžāĻšāϞ⧇, āϏ⧇ āφāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āφāĻŦ⧇āĻĻāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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an instance of not achieving the required standard or expected result

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The team's failing to meet the sales target was discussed at the meeting.
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a shortcoming, defect, or weak point in a person, plan, or system

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The report highlighted several failings in the company's safety procedures.

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

unfailing
failing
fail
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