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fail

English

🔊 get worse
“Her health is declining”
🔊 stop operating or functioning
“The engine finally went”
🔊 prove insufficient
“The water supply for the town failed after a long drought”
🔊 disappoint, prove undependable to
“His sense of smell failed him this time”
🔊 become bankrupt or insolvent
“The toy company went bankrupt after the competition hired cheap Mexican labor”
🔊 fall short in what is expected
“She failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law”
🔊 fail to get a passing grade
“She studied hard but failed nevertheless”
🔊 judge unacceptable
“The teacher failed six students”
🔊 be unsuccessful
“Where do today's public schools fail?”
🔊 fail to do something
“She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib”
🔊 be unable
“I fail to understand your motives”