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Noun Concept
Categories: Articles with short description, Failure, Maintenance, Reliability engineering
EN
failure  FAIL  breakdown  PHAIL  breakage
EN
An event that does not accomplish its intended purpose WordNet 3.0
English:
meme
Internet meme
Definitions
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An event that does not accomplish its intended purpose WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Failure is the social concept of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and is usually viewed as the opposite of success. Wikipedia
Not meeting a desirable or intended objective. Wikipedia Disambiguation
State or event of not meeting a desired or intended objective Wikidata
Damage or breakage event that compromises the functioning of a system or a machine Wikidata
slang word spread on the Internet in forums, blogs, chat rooms, which means a negative assessment by the actions of a person or group of persons (on of said phrase created by the picture, video, songs, website etc) Wikidata
State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success. Wiktionary
State or condition opposite of success. Wiktionary (translation)
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The surprise party was a complete failure WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
IS A
happening
Internet meme
event
consequence
failure
+1 relations
PART OF
scientific misconduct
HAS KIND
miscarriage
breakdown
flop
defeat
downfall
+58 relations
HAS INSTANCE
bank failure
bug
folly
forgetfulness
choke
+5 relations
ANTONYM
success
CONTRIBUTING FACTOR OF
damage
failure
economic loss
DERIVATION
fail
fail
DIFFERENT FROM
instrument error
disgrace
failure
HAS CAUSE
mistake
failure cause
HAS CONTRIBUTING FACTOR
damage
tension
abrasion
fouling
product defect
IMMEDIATE CAUSE OF
electronics right to repair
OPPOSITE OF
success
PARTIALLY COINCIDENT WITH
misfortune
SAID TO BE THE SAME AS
failure
STUDIED BY
manufacturing engineering
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
failure
Wikipedia
EN
failure
Wikidata
EN
breakdown, FAIL, failure
Wiktionary
EN
failure
Wikipedia Redirections
EN
commercial failure, commercial failures, epic fail, Epic failure, fail, Fail picture, Fail pictures, Failboat, failed, Failiure, failures, PHAIL, Phail, Unsuccess
Wikidata Alias
EN
breakage, breaking, catastrophe, failed, failing, failure, flop, loss, machine failure, malfunctioning, partial failure, system failure, FAIL (internet meme, FAIL (meme)

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