Definition of fail

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Fail (v. i.) To come short of a result or object aimed at or desired ; to be baffled or frusrated.

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Misregulate :: Misregulate (v. t.) To regulate wrongly or imperfectly; to fail to regulate.
Lack :: Lack (n.) Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack of sufficient food..
Impunctuality :: Impunctuality (n.) Neglect of, or failure in, punctuality..
Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects; as, a heavy fall of rain or snow; a heavy failure; heavy business transactions, etc.; often implying strength; as, a heavy barrier; also, difficult to move; as, a heavy draught..
Nonimportation :: Nonimportation (n.) Want or failure of importation; a not importing of commodities.
Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in the usual or expected manner, or to be altogether cut off from supply; to be lacking; as, streams fail; crops fail..
Connive :: Connive (v. i.) To close the eyes upon a fault; to wink (at); to fail or forbear by intention to discover an act; to permit a proceeding, as if not aware of it; -- usually followed by at..
Nonobedience :: Nonobedience (n.) Neglect of obedience; failure to obey.
Nonsuit :: Nonsuit (n.) A neglect or failure by the plaintiff to follow up his suit; a stopping of the suit; a renunciation or withdrawal of the cause by the plaintiff, either because he is satisfied that he can not support it, or upon the judge's expressing his opinion. A compulsory nonsuit is a nonsuit ordered by the court on the ground that the plaintiff on his own showing has not made out his case..
Shortcoming :: Shortcoming (n.) Neglect of, or failure in, performance of duty..
Misobserver :: Misobserver (n.) One who misobserves; one who fails to observe properly.
Stand :: Stand (n.) To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.
Bound :: Bound (p. p. & a.) Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; -- followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to fail..
Unknow :: Unknow (v. t.) To fail of knowing; to be ignorant of.
Failure :: Failure (n.) A becoming insolvent; bankruptcy; suspension of payment; as, failure in business..
Fizzle :: Fizzle (n.) A failure or abortive effort.
Infirmity :: Infirmity (a.) A personal frailty or failing; foible; eccentricity; a weakness or defect.
Decline :: Decline (v. i.) To tend or draw towards a close, decay, or extinction; to tend to a less perfect state; to become diminished or impaired; to fail; to sink; to diminish; to lessen; as, the day declines; virtue declines; religion declines; business declines..
Mortuary :: Mortuary (a.) A sort of ecclesiastical heriot, a customary gift claimed by, and due to, the minister of a parish on the death of a parishioner. It seems to have been originally a voluntary bequest or donation, intended to make amends for any failure in the payment of tithes of which the deceased had been guilty..
Undeserve :: Undeserve (v. t.) To fail to deserve.
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