亚洲网紅露点

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failing

[ fey-ling ]

noun

  1. an act or instance of failing; failure:

    His failing is due to general incompetence.

  2. a defect or fault; shortcoming; weakness:

    His lack of knowledge is a grave failing.



preposition

  1. in the absence or default of:

    Failing payment, we shall sue.

failing

/ 藞蹿别瑟濒瑟艐 /

noun

  1. a weak point; flaw
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

preposition

  1. used to express a condition in default of

    failing a solution this afternoon, the problem will have to wait until Monday

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞蹿补颈濒颈苍驳濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蹿补颈濒顎僫苍驳路濒测 adverb
  • 蹿补颈濒顎僫苍驳路苍别蝉蝉 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of failing1

First recorded in 1250鈥1300; Middle English; fail, -ing 1
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Synonym Study

See fault.
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Example Sentences

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County鈥檚 juvenile halls in 2018 and found probation officers were using pepper spray excessively, failing to provide proper programming, and detaining youths in solitary confinement in their rooms for far too long.

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George has also no doubt benefited from Mykhailo Mudryk's absence - as he remains provisionally suspended - after allegedly failing a drugs test.

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves is being investigated by Parliament's standards watchdog after failing to declare on time that she received free theatre tickets.

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Party leader Nigel Farage has previously accused both Labour and Tories of "failing to bring justice to the thousands of victims across multiple decades of these horrific crimes".

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The audience is starting to blame Trump for failing to fulfill the QAnon prophecies that sustain them.

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