failure
noun
uk/ˈfeɪljər/ us [ C or U ]
a situation in which a company has been unsuccessful and has to stop operating:
The number and seriousness of the bank failures took economists by surprise.
We're finally seeing a slowdown in the rate of business failures.
See also
audit failure
market failure
[ U ]
lack of success in trying to do something:
If you're too scared of failure, you'll never try to achieve anything.
[ U ]
a situation in which a machine or system stops working:
The cause of the crash is now thought to be engine failure.
[ C ]
someone or something that is not successful:
He always thought of himself as a failure.
failure to do sth
a situation in which someone does not do something they should do or are expected to do:
The banks' failure to regulate more reckless lending led directly to the financial crisis.