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Failure

/ˈfeɪljə/
Failure is when something does not succeed or go as planned.

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Examples:

He remembered his failures and scrapes in the process of learning.

I respect and admire your failure.

She felt that her marriage was a failure.

Etymology:

etymology
The word failure originates from the Latin word fallere meaning to deceive or to trip, evolving through Old French faillir.

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