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Fails

/feɪlz/

Poor quality; substandard workmanship.

📖 Definitions of "Fails"

noun
  1. 1

    Poor quality; substandard workmanship.

    "The project was full of fail."

  2. 2

    A failure (condition of being unsuccessful)

  3. 3

    A failure (something incapable of success)

  4. 4

    A failure, especially of a financial transaction (a termination of an action).

verb
  1. 1

    To be unsuccessful.

    "Throughout my life, I have always failed."

  2. 2

    Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)

    "The truck failed to start."

  3. 3

    To neglect.

    "The report fails to take into account all the mitigating factors."

  4. 4

    Of a machine, etc.: to cease to operate correctly.

    "After running five minutes, the engine failed."

noun
  1. 1

    A piece of turf cut from grassland.

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