failing
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failing¹
- /ˈfeɪ.lɪŋ/ US
Rhymes with -eɪlɪŋ
verb
- present participle and gerund of fail As we breasted the first summit, the precipitous mass of the Raven's Rock, towering some 250 ft. above the railway, looked grim and forbidding in the failing light, and distant Ben Wyves was shrouded in mist.
noun failings
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weakness; defect
His worst failing is his temper.
Similar: trouble, shortcoming
preposition
- If what follows is not possible; without. A large proportion of the females employed in other firms are said to have signified their intention of going on strike, failing a settlement.
Failing²
proper noun Failings
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: weakness, unsatisfactory, unsuccessful, deteriorating, declining, retrograde, regressing, retrogressive, regressive, fault, shortage, shortcoming, deficiency, defective, defect, faulty
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noun defect
| Español | falta, defecto, lacra |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Schwäche, Mangel, Fehler, Unzulänglichkeit, Defizit |
| Română | defect |
prep if not possible
| Español | a falta de |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | mangels, in Ermangelung, ohne |
| العربية | فِي حَال عَدَم حُدُوث fī ḥāl ʕadam ḥudūṯ |
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title = {failing},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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