failure

Meaning

1. State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.
2. State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.
3. Omission to do something, whether or not it was attempted, especially something that ought to have been done.
4. An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure or incapable of success.
5. Termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function; breakdown.
6. Bankruptcy.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfeɪ.ljə/

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman failer, from Old French faillir (“to fail”).

Sentences

Meanwhile , the Bynars discreetly create a catastrophic failure in the ship's warp core .