| abortive |
failing to achieve a desired end; unsuccessful; fruitless. [1/3 definitions] |
| bailout |
a providing of financial aid, usu. by a government to a failing company or institution. [1/3 definitions] |
| d |
a grade given for poor, but not failing, academic work. [1/4 definitions] |
| default |
to lose (a case) by failing to attend a court session. [1/14 definitions] |
| defeatist |
one who regards losing or failing as inevitable or accepts it with resignation. [1/2 definitions] |
| derelict |
failing to fulfill one's responsibilities or obligations; remiss. [1/4 definitions] |
| disappointing |
failing to measure up to one's expectations, standards, or wishes. |
| disobedience |
the act of refusing or failing to obey. |
| disorganized |
failing to organize one's tasks, surroundings, and the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| double bind |
a situation in which a person can satisfy one expectation or demand only by failing to satisfy another; dilemma. |
| evasion |
the act or an instance of escaping, avoiding, or failing to perform something. [1/3 definitions] |
| f |
a grade given for failing or unsatisfactory academic work. [2/4 definitions] |
| fail-safe |
having no chance of failing; infallible. [1/5 definitions] |
| failure |
the act or result of failing. [1/5 definitions] |
| faithless |
failing in one's duties or responsibilities. [1/3 definitions] |
| flunk |
to give a failing grade to, or prohibit from continuing in a course or school because of such failure. [1/3 definitions] |
| flunk out |
(informal) to be dismissed from a school because of failing grades. |
| miscue |
in billiards, a mistake caused by failing to stroke the ball properly with the cue. [1/6 definitions] |
| renege |
to break the rules of a card game by failing to follow suit when able to do so. [1/2 definitions] |
| scramble |
to try with great energy to reach or gain something, or to avoid failing. [2/10 definitions] |
| throw away |
to waste by failing to appreciate or take advantage of. [1/2 definitions] |