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"word": "failure is the best teacher"
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"word": "failure rate"
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"word": "failure to prepare is preparing to fail"
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"word": "government failure"
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"word": "tree failure"
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"tags": [
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"word": "dam failure"
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"word": "failure to launch"
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"word": "failure to thrive"
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"word": "ground failure"
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"word": "fail"
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"ref": "2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport",
"text": "For Liverpool, their season will now be regarded as a relative disappointment after failure to add the FA Cup to the Carling Cup and not mounting a challenge to reach the Champions League places.",
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"ref": "2012 April 23, Angelique Chrisafis, “François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election”, in the Guardian",
"text": "Sarkozy's total will be seen as a personal failure. It is the first time an outgoing president has failed to win a first-round vote in the past 50 years and makes it harder for Sarkozy to regain momentum.",
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{
"ref": "2023 April 21, Li Zhou, “Why SpaceX doesn't see its rocket explosion as a failure. Experts also viewed the test as a valuable way to see what works — and what doesn't.”, in Vox, retrieved 2023-04-22",
"text": "What exactly is a \"successful failure\" in rocket science? A so-called \"successful failure\" is one where important lessons can be gleaned for future tests and where the risks of harm are low, experts say.",
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"text": "heart failure",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "congestive heart failure",
"type": "example"
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{
"text": "liver failure",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "kidney failure",
"type": "example"
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"A condition in which a specified organ does not function well enough to support life."
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"word": "loser"
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"roman": "neudáčnik",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
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"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
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"feminine",
"masculine",
"person"
],
"word": "mislukkeling"
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"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"word": "fuŝaĵo"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"word": "romu"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "object",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"word": "susi"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
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"word": "epäonnistuja"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
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"person"
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"word": "tunari"
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"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
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"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
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"person"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "daube"
},
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"code": "fr",
"english": "commercial failure",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "flop"
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{
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"code": "fr",
"english": "unsuccessful movie",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "navet"
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"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "raté"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Versager"
},
{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Versagerin"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Niete"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"word": "sikertelen"
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{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"word": "pályatévesztett"
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{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"person"
],
"word": "tehetségtelen"
},
{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"word": "csődtömeg"
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{
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
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"person"
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"word": "pecundang"
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"pejorative",
"person"
],
"word": "bedebah"
},
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"_dis1": "18 18 1 58 4 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fiasco"
},
{
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"alt": "しっぱいさく",
"code": "ja",
"english": "creation",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shippaisaku",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"word": "失敗作"
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"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "neveiksme"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nieudacznik"
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{
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "brak"
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{
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fracassado"
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{
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "fiásko",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "фиа́ско"
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{
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"roman": "neudáčnik",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "неуда́чник"
},
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "provál",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "прова́л"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fiasco"
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"_dis1": "18 18 1 58 4 2",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
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"word": "fracasado"
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"ref": "2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21",
"text": "Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.",
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{
"ref": "2019 October, Ian Walmsley, “Cleaning up”, in Modern Railways, page 42",
"text": "But as with individual train failures you have to tackle every one as it arises and assume it will happen again, which it will, if you don't do something about it.",
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"roman": "ʕuṭl",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
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"word": "عُطْل"
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"roman": "povréda",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "повре́да"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "fracàs"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "porucha"
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
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"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "mislukking"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "of equipment",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"word": "vika"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "of organization",
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"topics": [
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"computing",
"engineering",
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"sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences"
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"word": "kaatuminen"
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"word": "toimintahäiriö"
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"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"word": "vaurio"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Pleite"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
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"word": "Versagen"
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"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
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"word": "Ausfall"
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"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
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"word": "Panne"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"word": "meghibásodás"
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"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"word": "üzemzavar"
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"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
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"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "disfunzione"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "insufficienza"
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"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "gusto"
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"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
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"masculine"
],
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"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
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"word": "svikt"
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"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
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],
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"masculine"
],
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"feminine"
],
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"masculine"
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"feminine"
],
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
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{
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"masculine"
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{
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"masculine"
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{
"_dis1": "39 40 1 17 2 1",
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"masculine"
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{
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"masculine"
],
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{
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{
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"masculine"
],
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"masculine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "39 40 1 17 2 1",
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"masculine"
],
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"_dis1": "39 40 1 17 2 1",
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"word": "ushinde"
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{
"_dis1": "39 40 1 17 2 1",
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"neuter"
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{
"_dis1": "39 40 1 17 2 1",
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"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"word": "వైఫల్యం"
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{
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"masculine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "39 40 1 17 2 1",
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"feminine"
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"_dis1": "39 40 1 17 2 1",
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"word": "thất bại"
}
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"failure"
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"word": "government failure"
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{
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{
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{
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{
"word": "tree failure"
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{
"word": "failure to launch"
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{
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{
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{
"word": "power failure"
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{
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"word": "structural failure"
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"word": "fail-safe"
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{
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"ref": "2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport",
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{
"ref": "2012 April 23, Angelique Chrisafis, “François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election”, in the Guardian",
"text": "Sarkozy's total will be seen as a personal failure. It is the first time an outgoing president has failed to win a first-round vote in the past 50 years and makes it harder for Sarkozy to regain momentum.",
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},
{
"ref": "2023 April 21, Li Zhou, “Why SpaceX doesn't see its rocket explosion as a failure. Experts also viewed the test as a valuable way to see what works — and what doesn't.”, in Vox, retrieved 2023-04-22",
"text": "What exactly is a \"successful failure\" in rocket science? A so-called \"successful failure\" is one where important lessons can be gleaned for future tests and where the risks of harm are low, experts say.",
"type": "quotation"
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[
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{
"text": "congestive heart failure",
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{
"text": "liver failure",
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},
{
"text": "kidney failure",
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}
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[
"condition",
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"objective",
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[
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"uncountable"
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"pathology",
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"ref": "2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21",
"text": "Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.",
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{
"ref": "2019 October, Ian Walmsley, “Cleaning up”, in Modern Railways, page 42",
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[
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"required"
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[
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{
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"Bankruptcy."
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"bankruptcy"
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}
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"tags": [
"UK"
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{
"ipa": "/ˈfeɪ.ljɚ/",
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"General-American"
]
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"sense": "person incapable of success",
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ar",
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"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "فَشَل"
},
{
"code": "ar",
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"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "إِخْفَاق"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "anhaǰoġutʿyun",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"word": "անհաջողություն"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "jaxoġum",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"word": "ձախողում"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"word": "porrot"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pravál",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "права́л"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "krax",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "крах"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "njaŭdáča",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "няўда́ча"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "neuspeh",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "неуспех"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nespoluka",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "несполука"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fracàs"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "unulvhvsgi",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"word": "ᎤᏄᎸᎲᏍᎩ"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"word": "失敗"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shībài",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"word": "失败"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nezdar"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "neúspěch"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
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},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mislukking"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"word": "fout"
},
{
"code": "eo",
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"word": "malsukceso"
},
{
"code": "et",
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"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"word": "ebaõnnestumine"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"word": "epäonnistuminen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
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"informal"
],
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
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},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
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},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
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},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"word": "kömmähdys"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "échec"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Misserfolg"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ausfall"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Verschlechterung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Misslingen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Versagen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "apotychía",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "αποτυχία"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "apotukhía",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "astókhēma",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "astokhía",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ἀστοχία"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "kishalón",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "כישלון \\ כִּשָּׁלוֹן"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "asphaltā",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"word": "असफलता"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "nākāmyābī",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"word": "नाकामयाबी"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"word": "kudarc"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"word": "bukás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"word": "felsülés"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"word": "fiaskó"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"word": "fiasko"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"word": "gagal"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"word": "kegagalan"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meath"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fallimento"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "insuccesso"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "avaria"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fiasco"
},
{
"alt": "しっぱい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shippai",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"word": "失敗"
},
{
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"word": "fadja"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "sätsızdık",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"word": "сәтсіздік"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kâmhâk",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"word": "កំហក"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "cɑmnañ",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"word": "ចំណាញ់"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "rittɑɑ",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"word": "រិត្ត"
},
{
"alt": "失敗",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "silpae",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"word": "실패"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "jol bolboo",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"word": "жол болбоо"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "iş ordunan cıkpay kaluu",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"word": "иш ордунан чыкпай калуу"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "dēliquium"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dēfectiō"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"word": "neizdošanās"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"word": "neveiksme"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nepasisekimas"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "neuspeh",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "неуспех"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"word": "kegagalan"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"word": "mūhoretanga"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fiasko"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "misære"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "āteorung, ġeteorung"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "šekast",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"word": "شکست"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "niepowodzenie"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "porażka"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "nieudacznictwo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "falha"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fracasso"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "falhanço"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "eșec"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "provál",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "прова́л"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krax",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "крах"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neudáča",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "неуда́ча"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neuspéx",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "неуспе́х"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "asiddhi",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "असिद्धि"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fàilligeadh"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "не̏успех"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "не̏успјех"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "nȅuspeh"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "nȅuspjeh"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nezdar"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "krach"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "neúspech"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "neuspeh"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fallo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fracaso"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"word": "ushinde"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "misslyckande"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"word": "pagkabigo"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "vaiphalyaṁ",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"word": "వైఫల్యం"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"word": "başarısızlık"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "krax",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "крах"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "provál",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "прова́л"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nevdáča",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "невда́ча"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "state or condition opposite of success",
"word": "thất bại"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "neudáčnik",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "неуда́чник"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "provál",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "прова́л"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine",
"person"
],
"word": "mislukkeling"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"english": "thing",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mislukking"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"word": "fuŝaĵo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"word": "romu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "object",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"word": "susi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"person"
],
"word": "epäonnistuja"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"informal",
"person"
],
"word": "tunari"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"informal",
"person"
],
"word": "tohelo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"informal",
"person"
],
"word": "luuseri"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "daube"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"english": "commercial failure",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "flop"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"english": "unsuccessful movie",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "navet"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "raté"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Versager"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Versagerin"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Niete"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"word": "sikertelen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"word": "pályatévesztett"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"person"
],
"word": "tehetségtelen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"word": "csődtömeg"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"person"
],
"word": "pecundang"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"pejorative",
"person"
],
"word": "bedebah"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fiasco"
},
{
"alt": "しっぱいさく",
"code": "ja",
"english": "creation",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shippaisaku",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"word": "失敗作"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "neveiksme"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nieudacznik"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"english": "thing",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "brak"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fracassado"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "fiásko",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "фиа́ско"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neudáčnik",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "неуда́чник"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "provál",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "прова́л"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fiasco"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fracasado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "object or person incapable of success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fracaso"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕuṭl",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "عُطْل"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "povréda",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "повре́да"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fracàs"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "porucha"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "nedbrud"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "svigt"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mislukking"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "of equipment",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"word": "vika"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "of organization",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"topics": [
"software",
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences"
],
"word": "kaatuminen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"word": "häiriö"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "minor",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"word": "toimintahäiriö"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "major",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"word": "vaurio"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "panne"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Pleite"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Versagen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ausfall"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Panne"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"word": "meghibásodás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"word": "üzemzavar"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"word": "elakadás"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meath"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meathlú"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "disfunzione"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "insufficienza"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gusto"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "svikt"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "svikt"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "awaria"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "defekt"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "usterka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "falha"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "polómka",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "поло́мка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výxod iz strója",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вы́ход из стро́я"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sboj",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сбой"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otkáz",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "отка́з"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fàilligeadh"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "porucha"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "avería"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"word": "arıza"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zbij",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "збій"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "polómka",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "поло́мка"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "poškódžennja",
"sense": "termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пошко́дження"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"failure"
],
"word": "failure"
}
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