failing that

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failing that

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A nominative absolute; "if that is failing/missing".

adverb failing this

If that condition is not met, otherwise, or else.

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Français	à défaut, faute de quoi, autrement, dans le cas contraire
Русский	в проти́вном слу́чае v protívnom slúčaje

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"failing that." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/failing%20that. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{failing_that_2026,
  title = {failing that},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/failing%20that},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}