Definition of fail

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Fail (v. t.) To be wanting to ; to be insufficient for; to disappoint; to desert.

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Nondevelopment :: Nondevelopment (n.) Failure or lack of development.
Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To perish; to die; -- used of a person.
Short :: Short (v. i.) To fail; to decrease.
Accretion :: Accretion (n.) Gain to an heir or legatee, failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share..
Nonsolution :: Nonsolution (n.) Failure of solution or explanation.
Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.
Instability :: Instability (n.) The quality or condition of being unstable; want of stability, firmness, or steadiness; liability to give way or to fail; insecurity; precariousness; as, the instability of a building..
Blast :: Blast (v. t.) Hence, to affect with some sudden violence, plague, calamity, or blighting influence, which destroys or causes to fail; to visit with a curse; to curse; to ruin; as, to blast pride, hopes, or character..
Defaulter :: Defaulter (n.) One who fails to perform a duty; a delinquent; particularly, one who fails to account for public money intrusted to his care; a peculator; a defalcator..
Miss :: Miss (n.) The act of missing; failure to hit, reach, find, obtain, etc..
Nonproficient :: Nonproficient (n.) One who has failed to become proficient.
Nonappearance :: Nonappearance (n.) Default of apperance, as in court, to prosecute or defend; failure to appear..
Failure :: Failure (n.) Decay, or defect from decay; deterioration; as, the failure of memory or of sight..
Delinquent :: Delinquent (n.) One who fails or neglects to perform his duty; an offender or transgressor; one who commits a fault or a crime; a culprit.
Immortification :: Immortification (n.) Failure to mortify the passions.
Miscarry :: Miscarry (v. i.) To carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a destination, or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to suffer defeat..
Crack :: Crack (v. i.) To be ruined or impaired; to fail.
Noncompliance :: Noncompliance (n.) Neglect of compliance; failure to comply.
Defect :: Defect (n.) Failing; fault; imperfection, whether physical or moral; blemish; as, a defect in the ear or eye; a defect in timber or iron; a defect of memory or judgment..
Bezoar :: Bezoar (n.) A calculous concretion found in the intestines of certain ruminant animals (as the wild goat, the gazelle, and the Peruvian llama) formerly regarded as an unfailing antidote for poison, and a certain remedy for eruptive, pestilential, or putrid diseases. Hence: Any antidote or panacea..
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