"market failure" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: market failures [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} market failure (countable and uncountable, plural market failures)
  1. (economics) A situation in which the allocation of goods and services by a free market is not efficient. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Economics Translations (a situation in which the allocation of goods and services by a free market is not efficient): շուկայի ձախողում (šukayi jaxoġum) (Armenian), fallada de mercat [feminine] (Catalan), tržní selhání (Czech), marktfalen [neuter] (Dutch), turutõrge (Estonian), markkinahäiriö (Finnish), défaillance du marché [feminine] (French), défaillance de marché [feminine] (French), fallo de mercado [masculine] (Galician), საბაზრო ჩავარდნა (sabazro čavardna) (Georgian), Marktversagen [neuter] (German), piaci kudarc (Hungarian), fallimento del mercato [masculine] (Italian), falha de mercado [feminine] (Portuguese), прова́л ры́нка (provál rýnka) (Russian), сбой ры́нка (sboj rýnka) (Russian), фиа́ско ры́нка (fiásko rýnka) (Russian), фіаско ринку (fiasko rynku) [neuter] (Ukrainian), розлад ринку (rozlad rynku) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-market_failure-en-noun-uNRUd1o4 Categories (other): Armenian terms with redundant script codes, English entries with incorrect language header Topics: economics, science, sciences

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