failure

Definition

  • noun: the act or result of failing
  • noun: omission of occurrence or performance
  • followed by 'to + verb'
  • synonyms: grand guignol, passion play, sisyphean labor

Examples

  • The storm caused power 'failures' [='outages'] in many parts of the city.

  • He was trying to rescue the business from 'failure'. [='bankruptcy']

  • He felt like a 'failure' when he wasn't accepted into law school.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Negative, flight, it's not drift. They've adjusted course. What the hell? Telemetry, any chance this is instrumentation failure? Negative, flight. Guidance, work at how long they can stay on this course before it's irreversible. (..)
    2015 The Martian
  • (..) What are the chances mark can get it working again? It's hard to say. We lost contact in '. We think it was battery failure. Though I'd like to point out it lasted three times longer than expected in any... Nobody's criticizing (..)
    2015 The Martian