Definition of failing

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Failing (n.) A failing short; a becoming deficient; failure; deficiency; imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault; infirmity; as, a mental failing..

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Infirmity :: Infirmity (a.) A personal frailty or failing; foible; eccentricity; a weakness or defect.
Collapse :: Collapse (n.) Extreme depression or sudden failing of all the vital powers, as the result of disease, injury, or nervous disturbance..
Vice :: Vice (n.) A moral fault or failing; especially, immoral conduct or habit, as in the indulgence of degrading appetites; customary deviation in a single respect, or in general, from a right standard, implying a defect of natural character, or the result of training and habits; a harmful custom; immorality; depravity; wickedness; as, a life of vice; the vice of intemperance..
Failing :: Failing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fai.
Fault :: Fault (n.) Anything that fails, that is wanting, or that impairs excellence; a failing; a defect; a blemish..
Failure :: Failure (n.) A failing; a slight fault.
Failure :: Failure (n.) Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops..
Support :: Support (v. t.) To keep from failing or sinking; to solace under affictive circumstances; to assist; to encourage; to defend; as, to support the courage or spirits..
Fault :: Fault (n.) A moral failing; a defect or dereliction from duty; a deviation from propriety; an offense less serious than a crime.
Perennial :: Perennial (a.) Continuing without cessation or intermission; perpetual; unceasing; never failing.
Incognizant :: Incognizant (a.) Not cognizant; failing to apprehended or notice.
Certain :: Certain (a.) Unfailing; infallible.
Unfailing :: Unfailing (a.) Not failing; not liable to fail; inexhaustible; certain; sure.
Sustain :: Sustain (v. t.) To endure without failing or yielding; to bear up under; as, to sustain defeat and disappointment..
Infallibly :: Infallibly (adv.) In an infallible manner; certainly; unfailingly; unerringly.
Wantrust :: Wantrust (n.) Failing or diminishing trust; want of trust or confidence; distrust.
Default :: Default (n.) A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires; as, this evil has happened through the governor's default..
Abortive :: Abortive (v.) Coming to naught; failing in its effect; miscarrying; fruitless; unsuccessful; as, an abortive attempt..
Sure :: Sure (superl.) Fit or worthy to be depended on; certain not to fail or disappoint expectation; unfailing; strong; permanent; enduring.
Blot :: Blot (n.) A weak point; a failing; an exposed point or mark.
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