LekhoriLekhoriA failure, especially of a financial transaction (a termination of an action).
A failing grade in an academic examination.
A piece of turf cut from grassland.
A surname.
Inherited from Middle English failen, borrowed from Old French falir, from Vulgar Latin *fallire, alteration of Latin fallere (“to deceive, disappoint”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰāl- (“to lie, dece...
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Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.
The truck failed to start.
To neglect.
The report fails to take into account all the mitigating factors.