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failure [ˈfeɪljəʳ, Am -ɚ] N

1. failure no pl (lack of success):

failure
porażka f
failure
niepowodzenie nt

2. failure (unsuccessful thing):

failure
klapa f

3. failure (unsuccessful person):

failure
nieudacznik m

4. failure no pl (not doing sth):

sb's failure to do sth
to, że ktoś czegoś nie zrobił

5. failure TECH, ELEC:

failure
awaria f

6. failure no pl MED:

failure
niewydolność f

7. failure ECON:

failure
upadłość f

business failure N no pl ECON

business failure
bankructwo nt

electrical failure N

heart failure N no pl

kidney failure N no pl MED

multiple organ failure N

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Usage examples with failure

renal failure
niewydolność f nerek
power cut [or failure]
przerwa f w dostawie prądu
sb's failure to do sth
to, że ktoś czegoś nie zrobił

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Occasionally operating on the wrong level occurs, as does failure to recognize an extruded or sequestered disc fragment.
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The failure to react to public and fan demands resulted in high volume of fans cancelling or not renewing their season tickets.
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It is also used as a direct vasodilator to treat congestive heart failure.
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The uncertainty involves the risk of failure or harm to the trustor if the trustee will not behave as desired.
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Between the region's rocky trails and roads, which cut up the camels' feet, and the hostility between camels and mules, the experiment was a failure.
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Yet, because of the passive cover-up, the misdeed often goes undiscovered and results in harm to others ensuing from its failure to be discovered.
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It is a veritable procession of business failure from failed monetary and economic policy failure.
www.marketoracle.co.uk
The first days of anything are often inelegant -- there's a lot of failure and false starts.
www.latimes.com
In tensile testing, the best irons are able to undergo considerable elongation before failure.
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He is a failure, really, but a loveable failure; a kind man at heart.
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