"fail" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /feɪl/ Audio: en-us-fail.ogg [US] Forms: more fail [comparative], most fail [superlative]
enPR: fāl Rhymes: -eɪl Etymology: From Middle English failen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman faillir, from Vulgar Latin *fallire, alteration of Latin fallere (“to deceive, disappoint”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰāl- (“to lie, deceive”) or Proto-Indo-European *sgʷʰh₂el- (“to stumble”). Compare Dutch feilen, falen (“to fail, miss”), German fehlen (“to fail, miss, lack”), Danish fejle (“to fail, err”), Swedish fela (“to fail, be wanting, do wrong”), Icelandic feila (“to fail”), Spanish fallar (“to fail, miss”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|failen}} Middle English failen, {{der|en|xno|faillir}} Anglo-Norman faillir, {{der|en|VL.|*fallire}} Vulgar Latin *fallire, {{der|en|la|fallere|t=to deceive, disappoint}} Latin fallere (“to deceive, disappoint”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰāl-|t=to lie, deceive}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰāl- (“to lie, deceive”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*sgʷʰh₂el-|t=to stumble}} Proto-Indo-European *sgʷʰh₂el- (“to stumble”), {{cog|nl|feilen}} Dutch feilen, {{m|nl|falen|t=to fail, miss}} falen (“to fail, miss”), {{cog|de|fehlen|t=to fail, miss, lack}} German fehlen (“to fail, miss, lack”), {{cog|da|fejle|t=to fail, err}} Danish fejle (“to fail, err”), {{cog|sv|fela|t=to fail, be wanting, do wrong}} Swedish fela (“to fail, be wanting, do wrong”), {{cog|is|feila|t=to fail}} Icelandic feila (“to fail”), {{cog|es|fallar|t=to fail, miss}} Spanish fallar (“to fail, miss”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} fail (comparative more fail, superlative most fail)
  1. (slang, US) Unsuccessful; inadequate; unacceptable in some way. Tags: US, slang
    Sense id: en-fail-en-adj-pw4QY6j8 Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: faile [obsolete]
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /feɪl/ Audio: en-us-fail.ogg [US] Forms: fails [plural]
enPR: fāl Rhymes: -eɪl Etymology: From Middle English failen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman faillir, from Vulgar Latin *fallire, alteration of Latin fallere (“to deceive, disappoint”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰāl- (“to lie, deceive”) or Proto-Indo-European *sgʷʰh₂el- (“to stumble”). Compare Dutch feilen, falen (“to fail, miss”), German fehlen (“to fail, miss, lack”), Danish fejle (“to fail, err”), Swedish fela (“to fail, be wanting, do wrong”), Icelandic feila (“to fail”), Spanish fallar (“to fail, miss”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|failen}} Middle English failen, {{der|en|xno|faillir}} Anglo-Norman faillir, {{der|en|VL.|*fallire}} Vulgar Latin *fallire, {{der|en|la|fallere|t=to deceive, disappoint}} Latin fallere (“to deceive, disappoint”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰāl-|t=to lie, deceive}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰāl- (“to lie, deceive”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*sgʷʰh₂el-|t=to stumble}} Proto-Indo-European *sgʷʰh₂el- (“to stumble”), {{cog|nl|feilen}} Dutch feilen, {{m|nl|falen|t=to fail, miss}} falen (“to fail, miss”), {{cog|de|fehlen|t=to fail, miss, lack}} German fehlen (“to fail, miss, lack”), {{cog|da|fejle|t=to fail, err}} Danish fejle (“to fail, err”), {{cog|sv|fela|t=to fail, be wanting, do wrong}} Swedish fela (“to fail, be wanting, do wrong”), {{cog|is|feila|t=to fail}} Icelandic feila (“to fail”), {{cog|es|fallar|t=to fail, miss}} Spanish fallar (“to fail, miss”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fail (countable and uncountable, plural fails)
  1. A failure, especially of a financial transaction (a termination of an action). Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-fail-en-noun-JXXTPyYX
  2. A failing grade in an academic examination. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-fail-en-noun-hE9KzeBy
  3. (slang, US) A failure (something incapable of success). Tags: US, countable, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-fail-en-noun-zQ20pi3W Categories (other): American English
  4. (uncountable, slang) Poor quality; substandard workmanship. Tags: slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-fail-en-noun-fVAzIEQ-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: faile [obsolete] Derived forms: epic fail, fail-deadly, fail dyke, fail-secure, fail-soft, failtastic, fail whale, foster fail, made of fail, without fail
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /feɪl/ Audio: en-us-fail.ogg [US] Forms: fails [plural]
enPR: fāl Rhymes: -eɪl Etymology: Unknown. Compare Scottish Gaelic fàl (“hedge”), Scots faill (“turf”). Attested from the 16th century. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown, {{cog|gd|fàl||hedge}} Scottish Gaelic fàl (“hedge”), {{cog|sco|faill||turf}} Scots faill (“turf”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} fail (plural fails)
  1. A piece of turf cut from grassland. Synonyms: feal Derived forms: fail and divot
    Sense id: en-fail-en-noun-QWDsnKok
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: faile [obsolete]
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /feɪl/ Audio: en-us-fail.ogg [US] Forms: fails [present, singular, third-person], failing [participle, present], failed [participle, past], failed [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], fail [infinitive]
enPR: fāl Rhymes: -eɪl Etymology: From Middle English failen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman faillir, from Vulgar Latin *fallire, alteration of Latin fallere (“to deceive, disappoint”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰāl- (“to lie, deceive”) or Proto-Indo-European *sgʷʰh₂el- (“to stumble”). Compare Dutch feilen, falen (“to fail, miss”), German fehlen (“to fail, miss, lack”), Danish fejle (“to fail, err”), Swedish fela (“to fail, be wanting, do wrong”), Icelandic feila (“to fail”), Spanish fallar (“to fail, miss”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|failen}} Middle English failen, {{der|en|xno|faillir}} Anglo-Norman faillir, {{der|en|VL.|*fallire}} Vulgar Latin *fallire, {{der|en|la|fallere|t=to deceive, disappoint}} Latin fallere (“to deceive, disappoint”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰāl-|t=to lie, deceive}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰāl- (“to lie, deceive”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*sgʷʰh₂el-|t=to stumble}} Proto-Indo-European *sgʷʰh₂el- (“to stumble”), {{cog|nl|feilen}} Dutch feilen, {{m|nl|falen|t=to fail, miss}} falen (“to fail, miss”), {{cog|de|fehlen|t=to fail, miss, lack}} German fehlen (“to fail, miss, lack”), {{cog|da|fejle|t=to fail, err}} Danish fejle (“to fail, err”), {{cog|sv|fela|t=to fail, be wanting, do wrong}} Swedish fela (“to fail, be wanting, do wrong”), {{cog|is|feila|t=to fail}} Icelandic feila (“to fail”), {{cog|es|fallar|t=to fail, miss}} Spanish fallar (“to fail, miss”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} fail (third-person singular simple present fails, present participle failing, simple past and past participle failed) Inflection templates: {{en-conj|old=1}}
  1. (intransitive) To be unsuccessful. Tags: intransitive Translations (be unsuccessful): dështoj (Albanian), ἀποτυγχάνω (apotunkhánō) (Ancient Greek), ἀστοχέω (astokhéō) (Ancient Greek), διαμαρτάνω (diamartánō) (Ancient Greek), أَخْفَقَ (ʔaḵfaqa) (Arabic), فَشِلَ (fašila) (Arabic), فِشِل (fišil) [Hijazi-Arabic] (Arabic), не успя́вам (ne uspjávam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), не сполу́чвам (ne spolúčvam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), fracassar (Catalan), 失敗 (Chinese Mandarin), 失败 (shībài) (Chinese Mandarin), propadnout (Czech), dumpe (Danish), mislukken (Dutch), falen (Dutch), malsukcesi (Esperanto), edutu (Estonian), epäonnistua (Finnish), tyriä [informal] (Finnish), mokata [informal] (Finnish), möhlätä [informal] (Finnish), töpätä [informal] (Finnish), munata [informal] (Finnish), tunaroida [informal] (Finnish), sössiä [informal] (Finnish), möhliä [informal] (Finnish), feilata [slang] (Finnish), kämmätä [slang] (Finnish), flopata [informal] (Finnish), ryssiä [informal] (Finnish), sählätä [informal] (Finnish), säheltää [informal] (Finnish), mennä pieleen (Finnish), mennä mönkään (Finnish), mennä reisille [slang] (Finnish), mennä puihin (Finnish), mennä vituiksi [slang, vulgar] (Finnish), kyrvähtää [slang, vulgar] (Finnish), mennä penkin alle (Finnish), kusta [slang, vulgar] (Finnish), valua hiekkaan (Finnish), kuivua kokoon (Finnish), mennä myttyyn (Finnish), mennä plörinäksi (Finnish), kädettää [slang] (Finnish), mennä kiville [informal] (Finnish), töpeksiä [informal] (Finnish), stefuttaa [slang] (Finnish), tupeksia [informal] (Finnish), échouer (French), rater (French), falir (Galician), mancar (Galician), apengar (Galician), marrar (Galician), fracasar (Galician), scheitern (German), keinen Erfolg haben (German), ohne Erfolg bleiben (German), nicht gelingen (German), missglücken (German), αποτυγχάνω (apotyncháno) (Greek), כשל (kashál) (Hebrew), kudarcot vall (Hungarian), csődöt mond (Hungarian), elbukik (Hungarian), gagal (Indonesian), meath (Irish), bocciare (Italian), fallire (Italian), 失敗する (shippai suru) (alt: しっぱいする) (Japanese), ខ្សុយ (khsoy) (Khmer), 실패하다 (silpaehada) (Korean), жол болбоо (jol bolboo) (Kyrgyz), иш ордунан чыкпай калуу (iş ordunan cıkpay kaluu) (Kyrgyz), dēsum (Latin), dēficiō (Latin), gagal (Malay), paheke (Maori), rahua (Maori), mislykkes (Norwegian Bokmål), خراب شدن (Persian), تصورکردن (Persian), موفق نشدن (Persian), شکست خوردن (Persian), nie udać się (Polish), falhar (Portuguese), fracassar (Portuguese), qulluy (Quechua), rata (Romanian), терпе́ть неуда́чу (terpétʹ neudáču) [imperfective] (Russian), потерпе́ть неуда́чу (poterpétʹ neudáču) [perfective] (Russian), прова́ливаться (proválivatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), провали́ться (provalítʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), не удава́ться (ne udavátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), не уда́ться (ne udátʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), проеба́ться (projebátʹsja) [perfective, slang, vulgar] (Russian), проёбываться (projóbyvatʹsja) [imperfective, slang, vulgar] (Russian), fàillig (Scottish Gaelic), fracasar (Spanish), zozobrar (Spanish), misslyckas (Swedish), mabigo (Tagalog), ล้มเหลว (lóm-lěeo) (Thai), พัง (pang) (Thai), เจ๊ง (jéng) (Thai), kwäl- (Tocharian B), thất bại (Vietnamese), methu (Welsh), ffili (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-fail-en-verb-gT9QBVQJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 8 2 7 6 9 6 13 8 8 6 2 1 2 10 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 10 4 1 6 8 6 13 4 1 3 3 5 3 8 6 5 4 2 1 1 5 Synonyms (to be unsuccessful): come to nought, come to nothing, crash and burn, fall flat, fall on one's face, go downhill, go down the toilet, go to pot, go to the dogs, go up in flames, go up in smoke (english: not vulgar), die in the ass, everything one touches turns to shit, go to hell, go to shit [vulgar] Disambiguation of 'to be unsuccessful': 79 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 Disambiguation of 'be unsuccessful': 76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3
  2. (transitive) Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.) Tags: transitive Translations (not achieve a stated goal): ἀποτυγχάνω (apotunkhánō) (Ancient Greek), ἀστοχέω (astokhéō) (Ancient Greek), διαμαρτάνω (diamartánō) (Ancient Greek), прова́лям се (prováljam se) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), fracassar (Catalan), selhat (Czech), fejle (Danish), mislykkes (Danish), slå fejl (Danish), mislukken (Dutch), falen (Dutch), nurjuma (Estonian), ei (Finnish), faillir (French), échouer (French), rater (French), falir (Galician), mancar (Galician), apengar (Galician), marrar (Galician), fracasar (Galician), fehlschlagen (German), נִכְשַׁל (nikhshál) (Hebrew), nem sikerül (neki) (Hungarian), nem jár sikerrel (Hungarian), …is/was unsuccessful) (english: sikertelen (literally) (Hungarian), nem (note: simple negation of the verb) (Hungarian), fallire (Italian), cannare (Italian), toppare (Italian), fare cilecca (Italian), dēsum (Latin), dēficiō (Latin), taka (Maori), ngere (Maori), mislykkes (Norwegian Bokmål), deixar de (Portuguese), não conseguir (Portuguese), терпе́ть неуда́чу (terpétʹ neudáču) [imperfective] (Russian), потерпе́ть неуда́чу (poterpétʹ neudáču) [perfective] (Russian), не справля́ться (ne spravljátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), не спра́виться (ne správitʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), fàillig (Scottish Gaelic), negar (Spanish), fracasar (Spanish), no conseguir (Spanish), misslyckas (Swedish), mabigo (Tagalog), ล้มเหลว (lóm-lěeo) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-fail-en-verb-8OKXoxWJ Disambiguation of 'not achieve a stated goal': 1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2
  3. (transitive) To neglect. Tags: transitive Translations (be negligent): selhávat (Czech), forsømme (Danish), undlade (Danish), negeren (Dutch), ei (Finnish), epäonnistua (Finnish), négliger (French), elmulaszt (Hungarian), elfelejt (Hungarian), mancare (Italian), omettere (Italian), negligere (Italian), ignorare (Italian), tralasciare (Italian), desum (Latin), svikte (Norwegian), deixar de (Portuguese), пренебрега́ть (prenebregátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), пренебре́чь (prenebréčʹ) [perfective] (Russian), svika (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fail-en-verb-RVOBJ6aq Disambiguation of 'be negligent': 3 5 58 0 2 5 5 0 3 5 2 2 2 5 3
  4. (intransitive) Of a machine, etc.: to cease to operate correctly. Tags: intransitive Translations (cease to operate): отка́звам (otkázvam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), не рабо́тя (ne rabótja) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), fallar (Catalan), espatllar-se (Catalan), 故障 (gùzhàng) (Chinese Mandarin), přestat fungovat (Czech), svigte (Danish), mankeren (Dutch), seiskuma (Estonian), vioittua (Finnish), vikaantua (Finnish), vikautua (Finnish), mennä rikki (Finnish), pysähtyä (Finnish), rikkoontua (Finnish), hajota (Finnish), rikkoutua (Finnish), tomber en panne (French), versagen (German), elromlik (Hungarian), tönkremegy (Hungarian), meghibásodik (Hungarian), felmondja a szolgálatot (Hungarian), fallire (Italian), andare in bancarotta (Italian), fare bancarotta (Italian), tapore (Maori), tāporepore (Maori), ngaengae (note: of breath) (Maori), feile (Norwegian), przestać działać (Polish), pifar (Portuguese), falhar (Portuguese), se strica (Romanian), выходи́ть из стро́я (vyxodítʹ iz strója) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́йти из стро́я (výjti iz strója) [perfective] (Russian), не рабо́тать (ne rabótatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), pararse (Spanish), fallera (Swedish), mankera (Swedish), พัง (pang) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-fail-en-verb-E1BfYJmM Disambiguation of 'cease to operate': 0 4 4 53 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2
  5. (transitive) To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert; to disappoint one's expectations. Tags: transitive Translations (to be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert): pettää (Finnish), cserben hagy (Hungarian), otthagy (Hungarian), elhagy (Hungarian), magára hagy (Hungarian), tréig (Irish)
    Sense id: en-fail-en-verb-sjYy94mi Disambiguation of 'to be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert': 0 1 1 1 67 1 1 2 18 6 2 1 1 1 1
  6. (transitive, intransitive) To receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits. Tags: intransitive, transitive Synonyms (to receive non-passing grades in academic pursuits): flunk [US] Translations (to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits): رَسَبَ (rasaba) (Arabic), سقط (sagaṭ) [Hijazi-Arabic] (Arabic), رسب (rasab) [Hijazi-Arabic] (Arabic), saada hylätty (Finnish), reputtaa [colloquial] (Finnish), durchfallen (German), megbukik (Hungarian), नापास होणे (nāpās hoṇe) (Marathi), फेल होणे (phel hoṇe) (Marathi), pica (Romanian), провалить (provalitʹ) (Russian), suspender (Spanish), desaprobar (Spanish), reprobar (Spanish), sınıfta kalmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-fail-en-verb-k70cx0pL Disambiguation of 'to receive non-passing grades in academic pursuits': 2 2 1 1 1 49 29 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 Disambiguation of 'to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits': 1 1 1 1 1 65 20 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2
  7. (transitive) To give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-fail-en-verb-TbamPLUo
  8. (transitive, obsolete) To miss attaining; to lose. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-fail-en-verb-XSJ2d44q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 8 2 7 6 9 6 13 8 8 6 2 1 2 10
  9. To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence. Synonyms (to become deficient): bomb, bust, conk, tank
    Sense id: en-fail-en-verb-dXjuH5kC Disambiguation of 'to become deficient': 1 3 2 1 5 2 2 2 27 11 19 8 4 1 12
  10. (archaic) To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; used with of. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-fail-en-verb-kFtd4qXL
  11. (archaic) To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-fail-en-verb-RTpGxKmr
  12. (archaic) To deteriorate in respect to vigour, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-fail-en-verb-MCcoO77B
  13. (obsolete) To perish; to die; used of a person. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-fail-en-verb-peRpQye5
  14. (obsolete) To err in judgment; to be mistaken. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-fail-en-verb-3gm1-vQv
  15. To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent.
    Sense id: en-fail-en-verb-yTlnHdYj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: faile [obsolete], fayle [obsolete] Related terms: default, fallacy, false, fault Translations (cause to fail): nechat propadnout (Czech), dumpe (Danish), buizen (Dutch), vioittaa (Finnish), rikkoa (Finnish), pysäyttää (Finnish), recaler (French), megbuktat (Hungarian), reprovar (Portuguese), strica (Romanian), прова́ливать (proválivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), провали́ть (provalítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), biguin (Tagalog), sınıfta bırakmak (Turkish)

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      "sense": "to be unsuccessful",
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      "word": "fail fast"
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      "word": "god that failed"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰāl- (“to lie, deceive”)",
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    },
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      "args": {
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
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        "t": "to fail, miss"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "fehlen",
        "t": "to fail, miss, lack"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "fejle",
        "t": "to fail, err"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "feila",
        "t": "to fail"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "fallar",
        "t": "to fail, miss"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
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          "type": "example"
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          "ref": "2013 August 10, “A new prescription”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848",
          "text": "As the world’s drug habit shows, governments are failing in their quest to monitor every London window-box and Andean hillside for banned plants. But even that Sisyphean task looks easy next to the fight against synthetic drugs. No sooner has a drug been blacklisted than chemists adjust their recipe and start churning out a subtly different one.",
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          "word": "dështoj"
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          "code": "ar",
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          "word": "أَخْفَقَ"
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          "code": "ar",
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          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "فَشِلَ"
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          "code": "acw",
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          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "ne uspjávam",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "не успя́вам"
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        {
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          "code": "bg",
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          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "не сполу́чвам"
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        {
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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "fracassar"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "失敗"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "失败"
        },
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          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "propadnout"
        },
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
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        },
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          "code": "eo",
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          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "malsukcesi"
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          "code": "et",
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          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
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        {
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "epäonnistua"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "munata"
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        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "möhliä"
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        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "feilata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "kämmätä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "flopata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "ryssiä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "tags": [
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "sählätä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "tags": [
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "säheltää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "mennä pieleen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "mennä mönkään"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "mennä reisille"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "mennä puihin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "tags": [
            "slang",
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "mennä vituiksi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "tags": [
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            "vulgar"
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          "word": "kyrvähtää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "mennä penkin alle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "tags": [
            "slang",
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "kusta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "valua hiekkaan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "kuivua kokoon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "mennä myttyyn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "mennä plörinäksi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "tags": [
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "kädettää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "tags": [
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "mennä kiville"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "stefuttaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "tags": [
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "tupeksia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "échouer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "rater"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "falir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "mancar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "apengar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "marrar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "fracasar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "scheitern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "keinen Erfolg haben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "ohne Erfolg bleiben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "nicht gelingen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "missglücken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "apotyncháno",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "αποτυγχάνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "apotunkhánō",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "ἀποτυγχάνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "astokhéō",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "ἀστοχέω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "diamartánō",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "διαμαρτάνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "kashál",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "כשל"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "kudarcot vall"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "csődöt mond"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "elbukik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "gagal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "meath"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "bocciare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "fallire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "alt": "しっぱいする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shippai suru",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "失敗する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "khsoy",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "ខ្សុយ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "silpaehada",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "실패하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "jol bolboo",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "жол болбоо"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "iş ordunan cıkpay kaluu",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "иш ордунан чыкпай калуу"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "dēsum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "dēficiō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "gagal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "paheke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "rahua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "mislykkes"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "خراب شدن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "تصورکردن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "موفق نشدن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "شکست خوردن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "nie udać się"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "falhar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "fracassar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "qulluy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "rata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "terpétʹ neudáču",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "терпе́ть неуда́чу"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "poterpétʹ neudáču",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "потерпе́ть неуда́чу"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "proválivatʹsja",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "прова́ливаться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "provalítʹsja",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "провали́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ne udavátʹsja",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "не удава́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ne udátʹsja",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "не уда́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "projebátʹsja",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "tags": [
            "perfective",
            "slang",
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "проеба́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "projóbyvatʹsja",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective",
            "slang",
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "проёбываться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "fàillig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "fracasar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "zozobrar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "misslyckas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "mabigo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "lóm-lěeo",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "ล้มเหลว"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "pang",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "พัง"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "jéng",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "เจ๊ง"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "kwäl-"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "thất bại"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "methu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "be unsuccessful",
          "word": "ffili"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The truck failed to start.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-fail-en-verb-8OKXoxWJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "achieve",
          "achieve"
        ],
        [
          "goal",
          "goal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "prováljam se",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "прова́лям се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "fracassar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "selhat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "fejle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "mislykkes"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "slå fejl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "mislukken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "falen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "nurjuma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "ei"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "faillir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "échouer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "rater"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "falir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "mancar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "apengar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "marrar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "fracasar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "fehlschlagen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "apotunkhánō",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "ἀποτυγχάνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "astokhéō",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "ἀστοχέω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "diamartánō",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "διαμαρτάνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "nikhshál",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "נִכְשַׁל"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "nem sikerül (neki)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "nem jár sikerrel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "english": "sikertelen (literally",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "…is/was unsuccessful)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "note": "simple negation of the verb",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "nem"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "fallire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "cannare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "toppare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "fare cilecca"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "dēsum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "dēficiō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "taka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "ngere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "mislykkes"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "deixar de"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "não conseguir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "terpétʹ neudáču",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "терпе́ть неуда́чу"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "poterpétʹ neudáču",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "потерпе́ть неуда́чу"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ne spravljátʹsja",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "не справля́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ne správitʹsja",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "не спра́виться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "fàillig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "negar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "fracasar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "no conseguir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "misslyckas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 65 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "mabigo"
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        {
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          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "lóm-lěeo",
          "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
          "word": "ล้มเหลว"
        }
      ]
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        {
          "text": "The report fails to take into account all the mitigating factors.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1960 December, B. Perren, “The role of the Great Central—present and future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 765",
          "text": "Those who have advocated the closure of the G.C. have so far failed to say by which alternative route this North-to-West traffic could be carried.",
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "be negligent",
          "word": "selhávat"
        },
        {
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "be negligent",
          "word": "forsømme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 58 0 2 5 5 0 3 5 2 2 2 5 3",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "be negligent",
          "word": "undlade"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 58 0 2 5 5 0 3 5 2 2 2 5 3",
          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "be negligent",
          "word": "negeren"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "be negligent",
          "word": "ei"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 58 0 2 5 5 0 3 5 2 2 2 5 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "be negligent",
          "word": "epäonnistua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 58 0 2 5 5 0 3 5 2 2 2 5 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "be negligent",
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        },
        {
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "be negligent",
          "word": "elmulaszt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 58 0 2 5 5 0 3 5 2 2 2 5 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "be negligent",
          "word": "elfelejt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 58 0 2 5 5 0 3 5 2 2 2 5 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "be negligent",
          "word": "mancare"
        },
        {
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "be negligent",
          "word": "omettere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 58 0 2 5 5 0 3 5 2 2 2 5 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "be negligent",
          "word": "negligere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 58 0 2 5 5 0 3 5 2 2 2 5 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "be negligent",
          "word": "ignorare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 58 0 2 5 5 0 3 5 2 2 2 5 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "be negligent",
          "word": "tralasciare"
        },
        {
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "be negligent",
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        {
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "be negligent",
          "word": "svikte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 58 0 2 5 5 0 3 5 2 2 2 5 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "be negligent",
          "word": "deixar de"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 58 0 2 5 5 0 3 5 2 2 2 5 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "be negligent",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "пренебрега́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 58 0 2 5 5 0 3 5 2 2 2 5 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prenebréčʹ",
          "sense": "be negligent",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "пренебре́чь"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 58 0 2 5 5 0 3 5 2 2 2 5 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "be negligent",
          "word": "svika"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "text": "After running five minutes, the engine failed.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 December 29, Dominique Louis, “Causal analysis: crashworthiness at Sandilands”, in RAIL, number 947, page 33",
          "text": "We also found that the only emergency egress from the tram was by smashing the front or rear windscreens, and that emergency lighting had failed when the tram overturned.",
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          "operate"
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        "(intransitive) Of a machine, etc.: to cease to operate correctly."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ],
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          "_dis1": "0 4 4 53 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "otkázvam",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "отка́звам"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 4 53 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "ne rabótja",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "не рабо́тя"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 4 53 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "word": "fallar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 4 53 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "word": "espatllar-se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 4 53 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gùzhàng",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "word": "故障"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 4 53 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "word": "přestat fungovat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 4 53 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "word": "svigte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 4 53 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "word": "mankeren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 4 53 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "word": "seiskuma"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 4 53 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "word": "vioittua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 4 53 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "word": "vikaantua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 4 53 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "word": "vikautua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 4 53 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "word": "mennä rikki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 4 53 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "word": "pysähtyä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 4 53 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "word": "rikkoontua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 4 53 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "word": "hajota"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 4 53 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "word": "rikkoutua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 4 53 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "word": "tomber en panne"
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        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "word": "versagen"
        },
        {
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "word": "elromlik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 4 53 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "word": "tönkremegy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 4 53 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "word": "meghibásodik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 4 53 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "word": "felmondja a szolgálatot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 4 53 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "word": "fallire"
        },
        {
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "word": "andare in bancarotta"
        },
        {
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "word": "fare bancarotta"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "word": "tapore"
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        {
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "word": "tāporepore"
        },
        {
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "note": "of breath",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "word": "ngaengae"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 4 53 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "word": "feile"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 4 53 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "word": "przestać działać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 4 53 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "word": "pifar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 4 53 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "word": "falhar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 4 53 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "word": "se strica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 4 53 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vyxodítʹ iz strója",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "выходи́ть из стро́я"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 4 53 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "výjti iz strója",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "вы́йти из стро́я"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 4 53 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ne rabótatʹ",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "не рабо́тать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 4 53 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "word": "pararse"
        },
        {
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "word": "fallera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 4 53 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "word": "mankera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 4 53 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "pang",
          "sense": "cease to operate",
          "word": "พัง"
        }
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    {
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        {
          "text": "I've failed my parents many times growing up.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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          "wanting",
          "wanting"
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        [
          "insufficient",
          "insufficient"
        ],
        [
          "disappoint",
          "disappoint"
        ],
        [
          "desert",
          "desert"
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        "(transitive) To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert; to disappoint one's expectations."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 1 1 67 1 1 2 18 6 2 1 1 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert",
          "word": "pettää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 1 1 67 1 1 2 18 6 2 1 1 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert",
          "word": "cserben hagy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 1 1 67 1 1 2 18 6 2 1 1 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert",
          "word": "otthagy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 1 1 67 1 1 2 18 6 2 1 1 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert",
          "word": "elhagy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 1 1 67 1 1 2 18 6 2 1 1 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert",
          "word": "magára hagy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 1 1 67 1 1 2 18 6 2 1 1 1 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert",
          "word": "tréig"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I failed English last year.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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      "id": "en-fail-en-verb-k70cx0pL",
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        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
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          "intransitive"
        ],
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          "non-"
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        [
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          "passing"
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        [
          "grade",
          "grade"
        ],
        [
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          "academic"
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            "US"
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          "word": "flunk"
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        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 1 65 20 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "rasaba",
          "sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
          "word": "رَسَبَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 1 65 20 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2",
          "code": "acw",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "sagaṭ",
          "sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
          "tags": [
            "Hijazi-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "سقط"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 1 65 20 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2",
          "code": "acw",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "rasab",
          "sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
          "tags": [
            "Hijazi-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "رسب"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 1 65 20 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
          "word": "saada hylätty"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 1 65 20 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "reputtaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 1 65 20 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
          "word": "durchfallen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 1 65 20 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
          "word": "megbukik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 1 65 20 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "nāpās hoṇe",
          "sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
          "word": "नापास होणे"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 1 65 20 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "phel hoṇe",
          "sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
          "word": "फेल होणे"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 1 65 20 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
          "word": "pica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 1 65 20 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "provalitʹ",
          "sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
          "word": "провалить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 1 65 20 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
          "word": "suspender"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 1 65 20 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2",
          "code": "es",
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      "name": "cog"
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        "3": "",
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      "name": "cog"
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/feɪl/"
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    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English raising verbs",
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    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with unknown etymologies",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
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    "Rhymes:English/eɪl/1 syllable"
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      "word": "fail at life"
    },
    {
      "word": "fail fast"
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      "word": "failing that"
    },
    {
      "word": "fail of"
    },
    {
      "word": "fail out"
    },
    {
      "word": "fail over"
    },
    {
      "word": "fail-safe"
    },
    {
      "word": "fail safe"
    },
    {
      "word": "fail upward"
    },
    {
      "word": "fail upwards"
    },
    {
      "word": "failure"
    },
    {
      "word": "failure to prepare is preparing to fail"
    },
    {
      "word": "female-fail"
    },
    {
      "word": "god that failed"
    },
    {
      "word": "male-fail"
    },
    {
      "word": "no-fail"
    },
    {
      "word": "pass-fail"
    },
    {
      "word": "too big to fail"
    },
    {
      "word": "words fail someone"
    }
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          "expansion": "→ Welsh: ffaelu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Welsh: ffaelu"
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "failen"
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      "expansion": "Middle English failen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "xno",
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      "expansion": "Anglo-Norman faillir",
      "name": "der"
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      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *fallire",
      "name": "der"
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sgʷʰh₂el- (“to stumble”)",
      "name": "der"
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    {
      "args": {
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "fehlen",
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      "expansion": "German fehlen (“to fail, miss, lack”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "fejle",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "feila",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "fallar",
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      },
      "expansion": "Spanish fallar (“to fail, miss”)",
      "name": "cog"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English failen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman faillir, from Vulgar Latin *fallire, alteration of Latin fallere (“to deceive, disappoint”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰāl- (“to lie, deceive”) or Proto-Indo-European *sgʷʰh₂el- (“to stumble”).\nCompare Dutch feilen, falen (“to fail, miss”), German fehlen (“to fail, miss, lack”), Danish fejle (“to fail, err”), Swedish fela (“to fail, be wanting, do wrong”), Icelandic feila (“to fail”), Spanish fallar (“to fail, miss”).",
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      "tags": [
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "failing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "failed",
      "tags": [
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        "past"
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    {
      "form": "failed",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      "source": "conjugation",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "word": "default"
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    {
      "word": "fallacy"
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      "word": "false"
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    {
      "word": "fault"
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Throughout my life, I have always failed.",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "ref": "2013 August 10, “A new prescription”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848",
          "text": "As the world’s drug habit shows, governments are failing in their quest to monitor every London window-box and Andean hillside for banned plants. But even that Sisyphean task looks easy next to the fight against synthetic drugs. No sooner has a drug been blacklisted than chemists adjust their recipe and start churning out a subtly different one.",
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        "To be unsuccessful."
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        "(intransitive) To be unsuccessful."
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The truck failed to start.",
          "type": "example"
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      "glosses": [
        "Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)"
      ],
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        [
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        "(transitive) Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)"
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The report fails to take into account all the mitigating factors.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1960 December, B. Perren, “The role of the Great Central—present and future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 765",
          "text": "Those who have advocated the closure of the G.C. have so far failed to say by which alternative route this North-to-West traffic could be carried.",
          "type": "quotation"
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      "glosses": [
        "To neglect."
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        "(transitive) To neglect."
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        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "After running five minutes, the engine failed.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 December 29, Dominique Louis, “Causal analysis: crashworthiness at Sandilands”, in RAIL, number 947, page 33",
          "text": "We also found that the only emergency egress from the tram was by smashing the front or rear windscreens, and that emergency lighting had failed when the tram overturned.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of a machine, etc.: to cease to operate correctly."
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      "links": [
        [
          "machine",
          "machine#Noun"
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        [
          "cease",
          "cease"
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        [
          "operate",
          "operate"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) Of a machine, etc.: to cease to operate correctly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I've failed my parents many times growing up.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert; to disappoint one's expectations."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "wanting"
        ],
        [
          "insufficient",
          "insufficient"
        ],
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          "disappoint",
          "disappoint"
        ],
        [
          "desert",
          "desert"
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        "(transitive) To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert; to disappoint one's expectations."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I failed English last year.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
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        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
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          "non-",
          "non-"
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        [
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          "passing"
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        [
          "grade",
          "grade"
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          "academic"
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        "(transitive, intransitive) To receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits."
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      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
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        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The professor failed me because I did not complete any of the course assignments.",
          "type": "example"
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      "glosses": [
        "To give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour."
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          "endeavour"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour."
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      "tags": [
        "transitive"
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    {
      "categories": [
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        "English transitive verbs"
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      "glosses": [
        "To miss attaining; to lose."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To miss attaining; to lose."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The crops failed last year.",
          "type": "example"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1757, Edmund Burke, A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful",
          "text": "If ever they fail of beauty, this failure is not to be attributed to their size.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; used with of."
      ],
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        "(archaic) To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; used with of."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
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    {
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      "glosses": [
        "To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink."
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        "(archaic) To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "A sick man fails.",
          "type": "example"
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      "glosses": [
        "To deteriorate in respect to vigour, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) To deteriorate in respect to vigour, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
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    {
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        "English terms with obsolete senses"
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      "glosses": [
        "To perish; to die; used of a person."
      ],
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        "(obsolete) To perish; to die; used of a person."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To err in judgment; to be mistaken."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To err in judgment; to be mistaken."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent."
      ],
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        [
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          "bankrupt"
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    {
      "ipa": "/feɪl/"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪl"
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      "enpr": "fāl"
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      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
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      "word": "faile"
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    {
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fayle"
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    {
      "sense": "to be unsuccessful",
      "word": "come to nought"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to be unsuccessful",
      "word": "come to nothing"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to be unsuccessful",
      "word": "crash and burn"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to be unsuccessful",
      "word": "fall flat"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to be unsuccessful",
      "word": "fall on one's face"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to be unsuccessful",
      "word": "go downhill"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to be unsuccessful",
      "word": "go down the toilet"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to be unsuccessful",
      "word": "go to pot"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to be unsuccessful",
      "word": "go to the dogs"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to be unsuccessful",
      "word": "go up in flames"
    },
    {
      "english": "not vulgar",
      "sense": "to be unsuccessful",
      "word": "go up in smoke"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to be unsuccessful",
      "word": "die in the ass"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to be unsuccessful",
      "word": "everything one touches turns to shit"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to be unsuccessful",
      "word": "go to hell"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to be unsuccessful",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
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      "word": "go to shit"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to receive non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "word": "flunk"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to become deficient",
      "word": "bomb"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to become deficient",
      "word": "bust"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to become deficient",
      "word": "conk"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to become deficient",
      "word": "tank"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
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      "word": "faile"
    }
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    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "dështoj"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔaḵfaqa",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "أَخْفَقَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "fašila",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "فَشِلَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "fišil",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "tags": [
        "Hijazi-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "فِشِل"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ne uspjávam",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "не успя́вам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ne spolúčvam",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "не сполу́чвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "fracassar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "失敗"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shībài",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "失败"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "propadnout"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "dumpe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "mislukken"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "falen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "malsukcesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "edutu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "epäonnistua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "tyriä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "mokata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "möhlätä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "töpätä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "munata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "tunaroida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "sössiä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "möhliä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "feilata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "kämmätä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "flopata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "ryssiä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "sählätä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "säheltää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "mennä pieleen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "mennä mönkään"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "mennä reisille"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "mennä puihin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "tags": [
        "slang",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "mennä vituiksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "tags": [
        "slang",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "kyrvähtää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "mennä penkin alle"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "tags": [
        "slang",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "kusta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "valua hiekkaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "kuivua kokoon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "mennä myttyyn"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "mennä plörinäksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "kädettää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "mennä kiville"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "töpeksiä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "stefuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "tupeksia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "échouer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "rater"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "falir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "mancar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "apengar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "marrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "fracasar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "scheitern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "keinen Erfolg haben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "ohne Erfolg bleiben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "nicht gelingen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "missglücken"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apotyncháno",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "αποτυγχάνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "apotunkhánō",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "ἀποτυγχάνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "astokhéō",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "ἀστοχέω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "diamartánō",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "διαμαρτάνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kashál",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "כשל"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "kudarcot vall"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "csődöt mond"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "elbukik"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "gagal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "meath"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "bocciare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "fallire"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しっぱいする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shippai suru",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "失敗する"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "khsoy",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "ខ្សុយ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "silpaehada",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "실패하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "jol bolboo",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "жол болбоо"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "iş ordunan cıkpay kaluu",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "иш ордунан чыкпай калуу"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "dēsum"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "dēficiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "gagal"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "paheke"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "rahua"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "mislykkes"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "خراب شدن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "تصورکردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "موفق نشدن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "شکست خوردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "nie udać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "falhar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "fracassar"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "qulluy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "rata"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "terpétʹ neudáču",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "терпе́ть неуда́чу"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poterpétʹ neudáču",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "потерпе́ть неуда́чу"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "proválivatʹsja",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "прова́ливаться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "provalítʹsja",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "провали́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ne udavátʹsja",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "не удава́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ne udátʹsja",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "не уда́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "projebátʹsja",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "tags": [
        "perfective",
        "slang",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "проеба́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "projóbyvatʹsja",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "slang",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "проёбываться"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "fàillig"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "fracasar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "zozobrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "misslyckas"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "mabigo"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "lóm-lěeo",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "ล้มเหลว"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "pang",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "พัง"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "jéng",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "เจ๊ง"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "kwäl-"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "thất bại"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "methu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "be unsuccessful",
      "word": "ffili"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prováljam se",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "прова́лям се"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "fracassar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "selhat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "fejle"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "mislykkes"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "slå fejl"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "mislukken"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "falen"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "nurjuma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "ei"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "faillir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "échouer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "rater"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "falir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "mancar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "apengar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "marrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "fracasar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "fehlschlagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "apotunkhánō",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "ἀποτυγχάνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "astokhéō",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "ἀστοχέω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "diamartánō",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "διαμαρτάνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "nikhshál",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "נִכְשַׁל"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "nem sikerül (neki)"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "nem jár sikerrel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "sikertelen (literally",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "…is/was unsuccessful)"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "simple negation of the verb",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "nem"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "fallire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "cannare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "toppare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "fare cilecca"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "dēsum"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "dēficiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "taka"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "ngere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "mislykkes"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "deixar de"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "não conseguir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "terpétʹ neudáču",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "терпе́ть неуда́чу"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poterpétʹ neudáču",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "потерпе́ть неуда́чу"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ne spravljátʹsja",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "не справля́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ne správitʹsja",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "не спра́виться"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "fàillig"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "negar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "fracasar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "no conseguir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "misslyckas"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "mabigo"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "lóm-lěeo",
      "sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
      "word": "ล้มเหลว"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "be negligent",
      "word": "selhávat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "be negligent",
      "word": "forsømme"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "be negligent",
      "word": "undlade"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "be negligent",
      "word": "negeren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be negligent",
      "word": "ei"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be negligent",
      "word": "epäonnistua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "be negligent",
      "word": "négliger"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "be negligent",
      "word": "elmulaszt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "be negligent",
      "word": "elfelejt"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "be negligent",
      "word": "mancare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "be negligent",
      "word": "omettere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "be negligent",
      "word": "negligere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "be negligent",
      "word": "ignorare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "be negligent",
      "word": "tralasciare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "be negligent",
      "word": "desum"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "be negligent",
      "word": "svikte"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "be negligent",
      "word": "deixar de"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prenebregátʹ",
      "sense": "be negligent",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "пренебрега́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prenebréčʹ",
      "sense": "be negligent",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "пренебре́чь"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "be negligent",
      "word": "svika"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otkázvam",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отка́звам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ne rabótja",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "не рабо́тя"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "word": "fallar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "word": "espatllar-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gùzhàng",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "word": "故障"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "word": "přestat fungovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "word": "svigte"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "word": "mankeren"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "word": "seiskuma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "word": "vioittua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "word": "vikaantua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "word": "vikautua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "word": "mennä rikki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "word": "pysähtyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "word": "rikkoontua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "word": "hajota"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "word": "rikkoutua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "word": "tomber en panne"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "word": "versagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "word": "elromlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "word": "tönkremegy"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "word": "meghibásodik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "word": "felmondja a szolgálatot"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "word": "fallire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "word": "andare in bancarotta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "word": "fare bancarotta"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "word": "tapore"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "word": "tāporepore"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "of breath",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "word": "ngaengae"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "word": "feile"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "word": "przestać działać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "word": "pifar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "word": "falhar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "word": "se strica"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vyxodítʹ iz strója",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "выходи́ть из стро́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výjti iz strója",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "вы́йти из стро́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ne rabótatʹ",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "не рабо́тать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "word": "pararse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "word": "fallera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "word": "mankera"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "pang",
      "sense": "cease to operate",
      "word": "พัง"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert",
      "word": "pettää"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert",
      "word": "cserben hagy"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert",
      "word": "otthagy"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert",
      "word": "elhagy"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert",
      "word": "magára hagy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert",
      "word": "tréig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "rasaba",
      "sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
      "word": "رَسَبَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "sagaṭ",
      "sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
      "tags": [
        "Hijazi-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "سقط"
    },
    {
      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "rasab",
      "sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
      "tags": [
        "Hijazi-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "رسب"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
      "word": "saada hylätty"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "reputtaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
      "word": "durchfallen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
      "word": "megbukik"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "nāpās hoṇe",
      "sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
      "word": "नापास होणे"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "phel hoṇe",
      "sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
      "word": "फेल होणे"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
      "word": "pica"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "provalitʹ",
      "sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
      "word": "провалить"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
      "word": "suspender"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
      "word": "desaprobar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
      "word": "reprobar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
      "word": "sınıfta kalmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "cause to fail",
      "word": "nechat propadnout"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "cause to fail",
      "word": "dumpe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "cause to fail",
      "word": "buizen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cause to fail",
      "word": "vioittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cause to fail",
      "word": "rikkoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cause to fail",
      "word": "pysäyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cause to fail",
      "word": "recaler"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "cause to fail",
      "word": "megbuktat"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "cause to fail",
      "word": "reprovar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "cause to fail",
      "word": "strica"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "proválivatʹ",
      "sense": "cause to fail",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "прова́ливать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "provalítʹ",
      "sense": "cause to fail",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "провали́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "cause to fail",
      "word": "biguin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "cause to fail",
      "word": "sınıfta bırakmak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fail"
}

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    "English ergative verbs",
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    "English nouns",
    "English raising verbs",
    "English terms derived from Anglo-Norman",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with unknown etymologies",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪl",
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  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "epic fail"
    },
    {
      "word": "fail-deadly"
    },
    {
      "word": "fail dyke"
    },
    {
      "word": "fail-secure"
    },
    {
      "word": "fail-soft"
    },
    {
      "word": "failtastic"
    },
    {
      "word": "fail whale"
    },
    {
      "word": "foster fail"
    },
    {
      "word": "made of fail"
    },
    {
      "word": "without fail"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "failen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English failen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "xno",
        "3": "faillir"
      },
      "expansion": "Anglo-Norman faillir",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "*fallire"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *fallire",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "fallere",
        "t": "to deceive, disappoint"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin fallere (“to deceive, disappoint”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰāl-",
        "t": "to lie, deceive"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰāl- (“to lie, deceive”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*sgʷʰh₂el-",
        "t": "to stumble"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sgʷʰh₂el- (“to stumble”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "feilen"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch feilen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "falen",
        "t": "to fail, miss"
      },
      "expansion": "falen (“to fail, miss”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "fehlen",
        "t": "to fail, miss, lack"
      },
      "expansion": "German fehlen (“to fail, miss, lack”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "fejle",
        "t": "to fail, err"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish fejle (“to fail, err”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "fela",
        "t": "to fail, be wanting, do wrong"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish fela (“to fail, be wanting, do wrong”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "feila",
        "t": "to fail"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic feila (“to fail”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "fallar",
        "t": "to fail, miss"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish fallar (“to fail, miss”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English failen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman faillir, from Vulgar Latin *fallire, alteration of Latin fallere (“to deceive, disappoint”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰāl- (“to lie, deceive”) or Proto-Indo-European *sgʷʰh₂el- (“to stumble”).\nCompare Dutch feilen, falen (“to fail, miss”), German fehlen (“to fail, miss, lack”), Danish fejle (“to fail, err”), Swedish fela (“to fail, be wanting, do wrong”), Icelandic feila (“to fail”), Spanish fallar (“to fail, miss”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fails",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "~"
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A failure, especially of a financial transaction (a termination of an action)."
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        "A failure (something incapable of success)."
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        "(slang, US) A failure (something incapable of success)."
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        "Poor quality; substandard workmanship."
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        "(uncountable, slang) Poor quality; substandard workmanship."
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      "args": {
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        "English slang"
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        "Unsuccessful; inadequate; unacceptable in some way."
      ],
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        "(slang, US) Unsuccessful; inadequate; unacceptable in some way."
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      "enpr": "fāl"
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      "word": "feal"
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