Failures Synonyms and Antonyms

A marked loss of strength or effectiveness
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. deteriorations
  2. declines
Nonperformance of what ought to be done
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. omissions
  2. neglects
  3. derelictions
  4. delinquencies
  5. defaults
A cessation of proper mechanical functions
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. breakdowns

Words Related to Failures

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Failures Sentence Examples

  • But the failures were sporadic only.

  • Bank failures were numerous and commercial distress widespread.

  • The crisis was by no means a sudden crash, and even when the failures began to take place they were spread over a period of sixteen weeks.

  • But in spite of the old man's litany of failures, Dean suspected he was holding back some­thing important.

  • It is fair to assume that Grant would have followed other unsuccessful generals into retirement, had he not shown that, whatever his mistakes or failures, and whether he was or was not sober and temperate in his habits, he possessed the iron determination and energy which in the eyes of Lincoln and Stanton,' and of the whole Northern people, was the first requisite of their generals.

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