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Failure
/ˈfeɪljə/
Failure is when something does not succeed or go as planned.
Synonyms:
collapse
defeat
setback
breakdown
flop
Antonyms:
success
achievement
accomplishment
victory
win
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:
The word
failure
originates from the Latin word
fallere
meaning
to deceive
or
to trip
, evolving through Old French
faillir
.
Usage Statistics:
68 mentions per 1 million words
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