Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of failure is as below...

Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of some one, as a patron, a legatee, etc..

Shortcoming :: Shortcoming (n.) Neglect of, or failure in, performance of duty..

Indefectible :: Indefectible (a.) Not defectible; unfailing; not liable to defect, failure, or decay..

Failure :: Failure (n.) A failing; a slight fault.

Nonclaim :: Nonclaim (n.) A failure to make claim within the time limited by law; omission of claim.

Nonusance :: Nonusance (n.) Neglect of using; failure to use.

Default :: Default (n.) A neglect of, or failure to take, some step necessary to secure the benefit of law, as a failure to appear in court at a day assigned, especially of the defendant in a suit when called to make answer; also of jurors, witnesses, etc..

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..

Nonproficiency :: Nonproficiency (n.) Want of proficiency; failure to make progress.

Nonsuit :: Nonsuit (v. t.) To determine, adjudge, or record (a plaintiff) as having dropped his suit, upon his withdrawal or failure to follow it up..

Reentry :: Reentry (n.) A resuming or retaking possession of what one has lately foregone; -- applied especially to land; the entry by a lessor upon the premises leased, on failure of the tenant to pay rent or perform the covenants in the lease..

Shiftless :: Shiftless (a.) Destitute of expedients, or not using successful expedients; characterized by failure, especially by failure to provide for one's own support, through negligence or incapacity; hence, lazy; improvident; thriftless; as, a shiftless fellow; shiftless management..

Collapse :: Collapse (n.) A sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown.

Fiasco :: Fiasco (n.) A complete or ridiculous failure, esp. of a musical performance, or of any pretentious undertaking..

Remiss :: Remiss (n.) The act of being remiss; inefficiency; failure.

Guarantee :: Guarantee (n.) In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person, who is, in the first instance, liable to such payment or performance; an engagement which secures or insures another against a contingency; a warranty; a security. Same as Guaranty..

Nonuser :: Nonuser () A not using; failure to use.

Sorehead :: Sorehead (n.) One who is disgruntled by a failure in politics, or the like..

Lack :: Lack (n.) Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack of sufficient food..

Neglect :: Neglect (v.) Omission of proper attention; avoidance or disregard of duty, from heedlessness, indifference, or willfulness; failure to do, use, or heed anything; culpable disregard; as, neglect of business, of health, of economy..

Random Fonts

Most Popular