- a failure
- a slight fault or defect; weakness
without; lacking: failing a good voter turnout, our candidate will lose
failing
fail·ingWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Link to this page
Cite this page
MLA Style
"failing." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 18 January 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/FAILING>.
APA Style
failing. (n.d.). Retrieved January 18th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/FAILING
failing
noun
- The act of a person or thing that fails; a failure.
- A minor fault.
adjective
Undergoing failure: failing health; failing kidneys; a failing business.
preposition
In the absence of; without: Failing new evidence, the case will surely be lost.
THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Link to this page
Cite this page
MLA Style
"failing." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 18 January 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/FAILING>.
APA Style
failing. (n.d.). Retrieved January 18th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/FAILING
Verb
- Present participle of fail.
Preposition
- if the preferred or prior option is not possible
- A large proportion of the females employed in other firms are said to have signified their intention of going on strike, failing a settlement.
English Wiktionary. Available under CC-BY-SA license.
Link to this page
Cite this page
MLA Style
"failing." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 18 January 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/FAILING>.
APA Style
failing. (n.d.). Retrieved January 18th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/FAILING
