Meaning

1 senses

  1. Weakness; defect

    His worst failing is his temper.

    Schwäche, Mangel, Fehler

More definitions
  • failure to reach a minimum required performance
  • a flaw or weak point

Examples

81 sentences

  1. Tom is in danger of failing this class.

    ruТом рискует не сдать этот предмет. — odexed

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  2. He entered the university after failing the examination twice.

    deEr kam auf die Universität, nachdem er zweimal durch die Prüfung gefallen war. — sigavax

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  3. Failing to plan is planning to fail.

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  4. I'm failing at my job.

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  5. I'm not afraid of failing.

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Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
defect:

Forms

plural: failings
Singularfailing
Pluralfailings

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
troubleA2shortcoming
Close in meaning
  • failure to reach a minimum required performance:flunk
  • a flaw or weak point:weakness

Antonyms

1 antonyms
passing

Word family

1 related words
Relatedfail

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
failA2failureB1faintB1

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