failing that in English

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{
  "etymology_text": "A nominative absolute; \"if that is failing/missing\".",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "failing that",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If that condition is not met, otherwise, or else."
      ],
      "id": "en-failing_that-en-adv-ML37ignL",
      "links": [
        [
          "condition",
          "condition"
        ],
        [
          "met",
          "met"
        ],
        [
          "otherwise",
          "otherwise"
        ],
        [
          "or else",
          "or else"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "failing this"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "jos niin ei tapahdu"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "muuten"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "muutoin"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "faute de quoi"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "autrement"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "dans le cas contraire"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "w przeciwnym wypadku"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "w przeciwnym razie"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "inaczej"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "v protívnom slúčaje",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "в проти́вном слу́чае"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "nominative absolute"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "failing that"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "A nominative absolute; \"if that is failing/missing\".",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "failing that",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adverbs",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "Translation table header lacks gloss"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If that condition is not met, otherwise, or else."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "condition",
          "condition"
        ],
        [
          "met",
          "met"
        ],
        [
          "otherwise",
          "otherwise"
        ],
        [
          "or else",
          "or else"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "nominative absolute"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "failing this"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "jos niin ei tapahdu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "muuten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "muutoin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "faute de quoi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "autrement"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "dans le cas contraire"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "w przeciwnym wypadku"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "w przeciwnym razie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "inaczej"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "v protívnom slúčaje",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "в проти́вном слу́чае"
    }
  ],
  "word": "failing that"
}

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"failing that" meaning in English

Adverb