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IPA
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)
:
/ˈfeɪlˌjɚ/
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Hyphenation
: fail‧ure
Noun
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Singular
failure
Plural
failures
Failure
is on the
Academic Vocabulary List
.
(
countable
) A
failure
is someone or something that
fails
, or does not
achieve
a
goal
.
I was a
failure
at my first job.
(
countable
) A
failure
is an
attempt
that does not
succeed
.
The rocket launch was a
failure
because of bad weather.