Synonyms for failing
ˈfeɪ lɪŋfail·ing

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1. failing

   Synonyms:
   delicate, diseased, emaciated, exhausted, fainting, fragile, frail, ill, sick, unhealthy, unsound, wasted, weak, worn, worn down, worn out

   Antonyms:
   hale, healthful, healthy, hearty, hygienic, salubrious, salutary, sanitary, sound, strong, vigorous, well, wholesome

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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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1. • Imperfection

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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

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1. failingnoun

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "failing":

   failure, omitting, fault, neglecting

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1. Vincent Van Gogh:

   Our greatest glory consists not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall.

2. Woody Allen:

   If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.

3. Mycle Schneider:

   The regulator is the guarantor for the population, not the manufacturers or the utilities, and it is failing, the first level where the NRA is failing is every single day in their oversight of Fukushima.

4. Lyndon B. Johnson:

   It is the common failing of totalitarian regimes that they cannot really understand the nature of our democracy. They mistake dissent for disloyalty. They mistake restlessness for a rejection of policy. They mistake a few committees for a country. They misjudge individual speeches for public policy. (Answering North Vietnamese charge that US could not endure)

5. Warren Bennis:

   The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born. Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.