government failure
government failure · government failures
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A situation in which a government intervention causes an economic inefficiency that…A situation in which a government intervention causes an economic inefficiency that would not exist in a true free market.
» The government considers every failure a success.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A situation in which a government intervention causes an economic inefficiency that would not exist in a true free market.
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Examples
2 sentencesThe government considers every failure a success.
Britain's currency crisis has turned into a political one over government failure to stop the pound from going into free-fall.
Translations
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By meaning 1
a situation in which a government intervention causes an economic inefficiency that would not exist in a true free market:
Forms
plural: government failures| Singular | government failure |
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable