failing in English

noun

1

a weakness, especially in character; a shortcoming.

pride is a terrible failing

synonyms: fault, shortcoming, weakness, imperfection, defect, flaw, frailty, foible, idiosyncrasy, vice

preposition

1

in default of; in the absence of.

she longed to be with him and, failing that , to be on her own

synonyms: in the absence of, lacking, barring, absent, without

verb

1

be unsuccessful in achieving one's goal.

he failed in his attempt to secure election

2

neglect to do something.

the firm failed to give adequate risk warnings

3

break down; cease to work well.

a truck whose brakes had failed

synonyms: break down, break, stop working, cut out, crash, malfunction, go wrong, develop a fault, conk out, go on the blink, go on the fritz

noun

fault, shortcoming, weakness, imperfection, defect, flaw, frailty, foible, idiosyncrasy, vice
weakness
flunk

preposition

in the absence of
in the absence of, lacking, barring, absent, without

verb

be unsuccessful, be unsuccessful in, let down, die, fade, break down, deteriorate, collapse, neglect, betray, go wrong, give out, flunk
be unsuccessful, not succeed, fall through, fall flat, collapse, founder, backfire, meet with disaster, come to nothing, come to naught, flop, bomb
be unsuccessful in, not pass, not make the grade on, flunk, botch, blow, screw up, bungle
let down, disappoint, desert, abandon, betray, be disloyal to, forsake
die, wither, be deficient, be insufficient, be inadequate
fade, dim, die away, wane, disappear, vanish
break down, break, stop working, cut out, crash, malfunction, go wrong, develop a fault, conk out, go on the blink, go on the fritz
deteriorate, degenerate, decline, fade, wane, ebb
collapse, crash, go under, go bankrupt, go into receivership, go into liquidation, cease trading, fold, flop, go bust, go broke, go belly-up
break down, go bad, give out, give way, go, break, die, conk out
neglect
betray
go wrong, miscarry
give out, run out
flunk, bomb

Use "failing" in a sentence

1. My earpiece is failing!

2. Auxiliary power failing, sir.

3. Failing human governments will end.

4. Of the failing grafts 53% were femoropopliteal bypass grafts followed by 31% failing femorodistal grafts.

5. Vanity is her worst failing.

6. Our failing hopes/spirits revived.

7. Failing will burn myself to death.

8. But today, that system is failing.

9. This computer has one big failing.

10. Failing this the body becomes exhausted.

11. His short-term memory is failing .

12. Jealousy is a very human failing.

13. But failing to save my family?

14. Failing that, you'll have to be patient.

15. Failing creatively is the hallmark of vivisystems.

16. I thought, I'm failing as a teacher.

17. For the elderly, failing health brings difficulties.

18. 12 Jealousy is a very human failing.

19. The boy's failing grades dismayed his parents.

20. Date of planting or, failing that, estimated age//×

21. But in the failing light, they can't focus.

22. She was conscious that her memory was failing.

23. Failing Skywards by Asymptotical, fencesit for FallowDeer

24. Get it done, or I'm failing you.

25. Growing new organs to replace failing ones.

26. Failing eyesight forced him to retire early.

27. Our kids'teachers seem to be failing them.

28. Chlorosis is a symptom of failing plant health

29. I thought I was failing as a teacher.

30. And we are quite effective at that -- failing.

31. But, alas, he does have one professorial failing.

32. Wages are failing to keep up with inflation.

33. Failing instructions I did what I thought best.

34. By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

35. Nowadays even efficient, lean, well-run industries are failing.

36. Newspapers attacked the government for failing to cut taxes.

37. The mother licked the child for failing the examination.

38. Error object returned when failing to instantiate a template.

39. Failing some rain soon,the crops will wither.

40. Failing to plan is planning to fail. 

41. She feels shame at failing in the exam.

42. Theodora watched the senior clergy failing to respond.

43. 12 Failing eyesight forced him to retire early.

44. Failing his final exams was a crushing blow .

45. Armories are failing again, but for very different reasons

46. Abdicating is failing to fulfil a responsibility or duty

47. In a way, I suppose I'm frightened of failing.

48. Unless our weakness is failing to use his weakness.

49. Don't feel guilty for failing as a mind reader.

50. Biopiracy, also known as bioprospecting, is legally defined as “failing to obtain permission to collect samples, failing to disclose one’s motivations in collecting samples, failing to follow national laws, or failing to follow [a] company’s self-regulatory guidelines.”[8] Usually, the term is more commonly used to refer to the theft or