failing
failing is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The act of becoming insolvent of bankrupt.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
- see fault
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- able
- amnesia
- amnesty
- and
- arrear
- attention
- away
- back
- behind
- being
- break
- bygone
- caret
- cast
- cause
- clean
- come
- complete
- consign
- crude
- decay
- defalcation
- default
- defect
- defective
- deficiency
- deficient
- deficit
- deliberate
- die
- discharge
- discontinuity
- ear
- efface
- escape
- fade
- fail
- failure
- fall
- fault
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is failing.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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