OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 16158

failure

/ˈfeɪ.ljə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
fiasco • fracasado • fracaso
An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure, has failed at something or incapable of success.
avería • falla
Termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function; breakdown.
But as with individual train failures you have to tackle every one as it arises and assume it will happen again, which it will, if you don't do something about it.
Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of ba…
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