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Verb
- prove insufficient
- The water supply for the town failed after a long drought
- become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close
- The toy company went bankrupt after the competition hired cheap Mexican labor
- A number of banks failed that year
- fall short in what is expected
- She failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law
- We must not fail his obligation to the victims of the Holocaust
- fail to get a passing grade
- She studied hard but failed nevertheless
- judge unacceptable
- The teacher failed six students
- be unable
- I fail to understand your motives
- stop operating or functioning
- The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town
- The engine failed on the way to town
- her eyesight went after the accident
- disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake
- His sense of smell failed him this time
- His strength finally failed him
- His children failed him in the crisis
- be unsuccessful
- Where do today's public schools fail?
- The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably
- fail to do something; leave something undone
- She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib
- The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account