إِخْفَاق noun (state or condition opposite of success)
عُطْل noun (termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function)
فَشَل noun (state or condition opposite of success)
فَشَل noun ((pathology) condition in which a specified organ does not function well enough to support life)

Armenian

2 entries

անհաջողություն noun (state or condition opposite of success)
ձախողում noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Basque

1 entries

porrot noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Belarusian

3 entries

крах noun (state or condition opposite of success)
няўда́ча noun (state or condition opposite of success)
права́л noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Bulgarian

4 entries

несполу́ка noun (state or condition opposite of success)
неуда́чник noun (object or person incapable of success)
неуспе́х noun (state or condition opposite of success)
повре́да noun (termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function)

Catalan

3 entries

fallida noun (state or condition opposite of success)
fracàs noun (termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function)
fracàs (hispanism) noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎤᏄᎸᎲᏍᎩ noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

失敗 /失败 noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Czech

4 entries

nezdar noun (state or condition opposite of success)
neúspěch noun (state or condition opposite of success)
porucha noun (termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function)
selhání noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Danish

3 entries

fiasko noun (state or condition opposite of success)
nedbrud noun (termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function)
svigt noun (termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function)

Dari

1 entries

شِکَسْت noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Dutch

4 entries

faling noun (state or condition opposite of success)
fout noun (state or condition opposite of success)
mislukkeling noun (object or person incapable of success)
mislukking noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Esperanto

3 entries

fiasko noun (state or condition opposite of success)
fuŝaĵo noun (object or person incapable of success)
malsukceso noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Estonian

1 entries

ebaõnnestumine noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Finnish

4 entries

epäonnistuja noun (object or person incapable of success)
epäonnistuminen noun (state or condition opposite of success)
häiriö noun (termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function)
kaatuminen noun (termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function)

French

4 entries

daube noun (object or person incapable of success)
flop noun (object or person incapable of success)
insuffisance noun ((pathology) condition in which a specified organ does not function well enough to support life)
navet noun (object or person incapable of success)

German

4 entries

Ausfall noun (state or condition opposite of success)
Ausfall noun (termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function)
Fehlschlag noun (state or condition opposite of success)
Misserfolg noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Greek

2 entries

ανεπάρκεια noun ((pathology) condition in which a specified organ does not function well enough to support life)
αποτυχία noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Hebrew

1 entries

כישלון \ כִּשָּׁלוֹן noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Hindi

2 entries

असफलता noun (state or condition opposite of success)
विफलता noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Hungarian

4 entries

bukás noun (state or condition opposite of success)
csődtömeg noun (object or person incapable of success)
elakadás noun (termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function)
felsülés noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Ido

1 entries

fiasko noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Indonesian

4 entries

bedebah noun (object or person incapable of success)
gagal noun (state or condition opposite of success)
kegagalan noun (state or condition opposite of success)
pecundang noun (object or person incapable of success)

Iranian Persian

1 entries

شِکَسْت noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Irish

4 entries

cliseadh noun (state or condition opposite of success)
meath noun (state or condition opposite of success)
meath noun (termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function)
meathlú noun (termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function)

Italian

4 entries

avaria noun (state or condition opposite of success)
disfunzione noun (termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function)
fallimento noun (state or condition opposite of success)
fiasco noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Japanese

2 entries

失敗 noun (state or condition opposite of success)
失敗作 noun (object or person incapable of success)

Kabuverdianu

1 entries

fadja noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Kazakh

1 entries

сәтсіздік noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Khmer

3 entries

កំហក noun (state or condition opposite of success)
ចំណាញ់ noun (state or condition opposite of success)
រិត្ត noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Korean

1 entries

실패 noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

жол болбоо noun (state or condition opposite of success)
иш ордунан чыкпай калуу noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Latin

2 entries

dēfectiō noun (state or condition opposite of success)
dēliquium noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Latvian

3 entries

neizdošanās noun (state or condition opposite of success)
neveiksme noun (state or condition opposite of success)
neveiksme noun (object or person incapable of success)

Lithuanian

1 entries

nepasisekimas noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Macedonian

1 entries

неуспех noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Malay

1 entries

kegagalan noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Māori

1 entries

mūhoretanga noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

fiasko noun (state or condition opposite of success)
misære noun (state or condition opposite of success)
svikt noun (termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

svikt noun (termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function)

Old English

1 entries

āteorung, ġeteorung noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Polish

4 entries

awaria noun (termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function)
brak noun (object or person incapable of success)
defekt noun (termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function)
niepowodzenie noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Portuguese

4 entries

falha noun (state or condition opposite of success)
falha noun (termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function)
falhanço noun (state or condition opposite of success)
falência noun ((pathology) condition in which a specified organ does not function well enough to support life)

Romanian

1 entries

eșec noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Russian

4 entries

вы́ход из стро́я noun (termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function)
крах noun (state or condition opposite of success)
неуда́ча noun (state or condition opposite of success)
неуда́чник noun (object or person incapable of success)

Sanskrit

1 entries

असिद्धि noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

fàilligeadh noun (state or condition opposite of success)
fàilligeadh noun (termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

nȅuspeh noun (state or condition opposite of success)
nȅuspjeh noun (state or condition opposite of success)
не̏успех noun (state or condition opposite of success)
не̏успјех noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Slovak

4 entries

krach noun (state or condition opposite of success)
nezdar noun (state or condition opposite of success)
neúspech noun (state or condition opposite of success)
porucha noun (termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function)

Slovene

1 entries

neuspeh noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Spanish

4 entries

avería noun (termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function)
cate noun (state or condition opposite of success)
falla noun (termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function)
fallo noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Swahili

1 entries

ushinde noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Swedish

1 entries

misslyckande noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Tagalog

1 entries

pagkabigo noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Tamil

3 entries

செயலிழப்பு noun ((pathology) condition in which a specified organ does not function well enough to support life)
செயலிழப்பு noun (termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function)
தோல்வி noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Telugu

1 entries

వైఫల్యం noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Turkish

2 entries

arıza noun (termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function)
başarısızlık noun (state or condition opposite of success)

Ukrainian

4 entries

збій noun (termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function)
крах noun (state or condition opposite of success)
невда́ча noun (state or condition opposite of success)
поло́мка noun (termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function)

Vietnamese

1 entries

thất bại noun (state or condition opposite of success)

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Don't set your failure down to bad luck.

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You should acknowledge your failure.

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You have Jim to thank for your failure.

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We found the failure of the experiment at the last moment.

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