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Failing

//ˈfeɪ.lɪŋ//

Synonyms for "failing" (220 found)

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Informal (25)

Noun, verb, slang(6 words)

drop catch slump snag wane relapse

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(5 words)

crack hole bug shy lame

Intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, adv, name, noun, prep, verb, slang(1 words)

Contraction, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, name, noun, prep, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, slang(3 words)

scrappy sketchy useless

Noun, slang(1 words)

General use (195)

Adj, name, noun, verb(2 words)

Noun, verb(26 words)

decline lapse fault blemish defect flaw kink decay rift sinking neglect fading declining subsiding downturn worsening falling pining ebbing slipping

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needing downtrend wilting shriveling fragmenting miscarrying

Noun(45 words)

failure weakness descent deviation declination degradation infirmity depreciation regression negligence inadequacy declension deterioration degeneration frailty involution defection flunk deficiency retrogression

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Adj, verb(16 words)

unqualified feeble infirm exhausted weakened reduced debilitated drained arrested enervated peaked underdeveloped unshaken disintegrating failed deteriorating

Adj, noun, verb(19 words)

degenerate ebb invalid dying infant wasting drooping languishing flagging imperfect lacking draining waning dwindling crumbling missing abortive sliding slumping

Adjective(27 words)

unsound effete patchy futile undeveloped ineffectual embryonic scanty unhealthy fruitless ineffective regressive bootless peaky unsatisfactory scrimpy unsuccessful inefficacious unsatisfying unsturdy

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marcescent manque cachectic hypoplastic healthless successless unsufficing

Adj, noun(19 words)

problem unfortunate immature inadequate deficient delinquent incompetent moribund valetudinarian run-down skimpy incomplete stillborn decadent retrogressive senile foible tabetic valetudinary

Adj, adv, det, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, adv, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, adv, verb(1 words)

Adj, name, noun(1 words)

Adj, adv, noun(1 words)

Adj, noun, prep, verb(1 words)

Adv, conj, prep(1 words)

Adj, adv(1 words)

Adj, adv, name(1 words)

Adj, det(1 words)

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stickit besetting sin moral flaw weak side

Verb(4 words)

found wanting coming apart going to pieces miscarried

Prep_phrase(1 words)

in short supply

Adj, noun, prep(1 words)

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