failing

  • 21failing — I. noun Date: 1590 a usually slight or insignificant defect in character, conduct, or ability Synonyms: see fault II. preposition Date: 1810 in absence or default of < failing specific instructions, use your own judgment > …

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  • 22failing — 1. noun Deborah accepted him despite his failings Syn: fault, shortcoming, weakness, imperfection, defect, flaw, frailty, foible, idiosyncrasy, vice Ant: strength 2. preposition failing financial assistance, you will be bankrupt Syn …

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  • 23Failing Building (disambiguation) — Failing Building may refer to one of these historic buildings in Portland, Oregon, United States named for the Failing family:*Failing Office Building, 1913, 620 SW 5th Ave. *Oregon Marine Supply Building, 1886, also known as the Failing Building …

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  • 24Failing Songs — Studio album by Matt Elliott Released June 18, 2007 Genre Indie rock, Folk rock …

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  • 25Failing badly — and failing well are concepts in systems security and network security describing how a system reacts to failure. The terms have been popularized by Bruce Schneier, a cryptographer and security consultant. [&#8230; …

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  • 26failing in duty — index delinquent (overdue), derelict (negligent) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 27Failing Office Building — Infobox nrhp | name =Failing Office Building nrhp type = caption = location= 620 SW 5th Ave. Portland, Oregon lat degrees = 45 lat minutes = 31 lat seconds = 9 lat direction = N long degrees = 122 long minutes = 40 long seconds = 37 long&#8230; …

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  • 28failing circumstances — Insolvency, that is, the lack of sufficient assets to pay one s debts as they become due. A person (or a corporation or institution) is said to be in failing circumstances when he is about to fail, that is, when he is actually insolvent and is&#8230; …

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  • 29failing circumstances — Insolvency, that is, the lack of sufficient assets to pay one s debts as they become due. A person (or a corporation or institution) is said to be in failing circumstances when he is about to fail, that is, when he is actually insolvent and is&#8230; …

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  • 30failing — Synonyms and related words: abortive, arrested, bad habit, besetting sin, blemish, blind spot, bootless, bug, cachectic, callow, catch, comedown, coming apart, crack, cracking, crumbling, debasement, debilitated, decadence, decadency, decadent,&#8230; …

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