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Synonyms for failing
ˈfeɪ lɪŋfail·ing

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Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. failing, weaknessnoun

    a flaw or weak point

    "he was quick to point out his wife's failings"

    Synonyms:
    impuissance, flunk, weakness, helplessness

    Antonyms:
    qualifying, pass, passing, satisfactory

  2. failing, flunkadjective

    failure to reach a minimum required performance

    "his failing the course led to his disqualification"; "he got two flunks on his report"

    Synonyms:
    flunk, weakness

    Antonyms:
    pass, qualifying, passing, satisfactory

  3. failingadjective

    below acceptable in performance

    "received failing grades"

    Antonyms:
    qualifying, passing, pass, satisfactory

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. failingnoun

    Synonyms:
    decline, decay

  2. failingnoun

    Synonyms:
    miscarriage, failure

  3. failingnoun

    Synonyms:
    fault, foible, frailty, lapse, error, slip, shortcoming, imperfection, deficiency, defect, weakness, infirmity, weak side, blind side

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. failingnoun

    Synonyms:
    shortcoming, deficiency, imperfection, foible, fault, infirmity, defect, errancy, fallibility, decline, deterioration

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "failing":

    failure, omitting, fault, neglecting

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#2278failure
#4320ill
#4358sick
#4981weak
#5045fault
#7827worn
#8215failing
#10957weakness
#11658delicate
#12442wasted
#14236fragile
#14778exhausted
#23834unhealthy
#32523frail
#33192diseased
#36703neglecting
#38230omitting
#44199fainting
#49680helplessness
#53805unsound
#89296emaciated
#113153flunk

How to use failing in a sentence?

  1. Vinoop Goel:

    Clearly, failing to tackle airport infrastructure will have an economic cost.

  2. Bill Richardson:

    Saving Matthew's life is in the interest of both governments. Failing to act could well cost Matthew's life.

  3. Steve Holley:

    This community, in Colorado, we've been through so much recently, enough is enough. We need to make a change and we need to do something or else we're just going to continue failing our kids.

  4. Annie Sullivan:

    Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over gain, and you will grow stronger until have accomplished a purpose--not the one you began with perhaps, but one you'll be glad to remember.

  5. Kate Gilmore:

    Corruption (is) something that the international community can take braver, bolder and stronger steps to address ... the negotiations that are taking place with the government can't just be about a military strategy, in terms of people caught in IDP camps, the international community is failing. The humanitarian budget ... in Iraq is grossly underfunded and people with nothing are paying the cost of that.


Translations for failing

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  • недостатък, в отсъствие на, грешка, ако неBulgarian
  • defectoSpanish
  • жетишпестик, аздык, кемчилик, кемчилдик, катаKyrgyz
  • defectRomanian

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