Antonym: success. Similar words: fail, fail to, fair, faint, fairy, fairly, unfair, affair. Meaning: ['feɪljə(r)] 
n. 1. an act that fails 2. an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose 3. lack of success 4. a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently 5. an unexpected omission 6. inability to discharge all your debts as they come due 7. loss of ability to function normally.
n. 1. an act that fails 2. an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose 3. lack of success 4. a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently 5. an unexpected omission 6. inability to discharge all your debts as they come due 7. loss of ability to function normally. 
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211) Three attempts on the British 200-metre record also ended in failure.
212) I feel as though I'm walking a tightrope between success and failure.
213) There are serious penalties for failure to comply with the regulations.
214) Failure to communicate had brought the two nations to the brink of war.
215) Failure to arrive at a consensus over the issue raised the spectre of legal action.
216) The couple idea is certainly oversold. There's so much pressure to become a couple that people feel failure if they don't conform.
217) Failure to obey a policeman's instructions may amount to an offence.
218) Save your work often as a precaution against computer failure.
219) With the failure of the peace talks all hopes of a swift end to the war have flown out of the window.
220) The success or failure of the project depends on how committed the managers are.
221) The penalty for failure will be high. But, by the same token, the rewards for success will be great.
222) Failure to keep the chemical at the right temperature could lead to an explosion.
223) Failure to produce proof of identity could result in prosecution.
224) There's no need to fling his recent failure in his teeth in that unkind way.
225) The failure of the harvest again produced famine and unpeopled farms and hamlets.
226) The country's intellectuals are also being taken to task for their failure to speak out against the regime.
227) Sterling has been hit by the economy's failure to pull out of recession.
228) Malthus was hotched at the news of his first plan's failure.
229) Attempts to find civilian volunteers have met with embarrassing failure.
230) The recent failure of so many Internet businesses has provided a reality check for those who predicted huge profits.
231) These are conditions said by doctors to be strongly indicative of heart failure.
232) There is growing exasperation within the government at the failure of these policies to reduce unemployment.
233) The shipyard has been dealt another crushing blow with the failure to win this contract.
234) He had never been afraid of failure: he was a gambler,(www.Sentencedict.com) ready to go off somewhere else and start all over again.
235) Failure now could fatally damage his chances in the future.
236) Your failure reflects no discredit upon you—you did your best.
237) There was no reproach about his failure to turn up.
238) This was an uncharitable assessment of the reasons for the failure.
239) The plane crash was caused by human error, not mechanical failure.
240) Delays are occurring as a result of signal failure on the northbound line.