failing

failing
1. n ошибка; слабость; недостаток

we all have our failings — у всех нас есть свои слабости

2. n неудача, неуспех; провал
3. n тех. отказ, перебой
4. a недостающий
5. a слабеющий

failing sight — слабеющее зрение

6. prep за неимением, ввиду отсутствия; в случае отсутствия

failing his arrival we shall stay here — в случае, если он не приедет, мы останемся здесь

failing a purchaser, he let the house — так как покупателя не нашлось , он сдал дом в аренду

failing instructions I did what I thought best — не получив никаких указаний, я поступил по своему разумению

two members were pitched out of the club for failing to pay the money — два члена клуба были исключены за неуплату взносов

7. prep в случае неудачи; если это не удастся

failing payment, we shall sue — если нам не заплатят, мы подадим в суд

Синонимический ряд:
1. short (adj.) deficient; inadequate; insufficient; scant; scanty; scarce; scrimpy; short; shy; skimpy; slender; unsufficient; wanting
2. deficiency (noun) defect; deficiency; fault; flaw; foible; frailty; imperfection; infirmity; shortcoming; vice; weakness
3. failure (noun) abortion; defeat; downfall; failure; miscarriage
4. breaking (verb) breaking; busting; crashing; folding; ruining
5. failing (verb) collapsing; failing; fall through; flunking; go under; malfunctioning
6. give out (verb) break down; conk out; give out; run out
7. giving out (verb) giving out; running out
8. neglecting (verb) blinking at; blinking away; defaulting; discounting; disregarding; eliding; forgetting; ignoring; missing; neglecting; omitting; overleaping; overlooking; passing; passing by; passing over; slighting; sloughing over; slurring over
9. washing out (verb) washing out
10. wasting (verb) declining; deteriorating; dwindling; fading; flagging; languishing; shrinking; waning; wasting; wasting away; weakening

English-Russian base dictionary . 2014.

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  • Failing — Fail ing, n. 1. A failing short; a becoming deficient; failure; deficiency; imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault; infirmity; as, a mental failing. [1913 Webster] And ever in her mind she cast about For that unnoticed failing in herself. Tennyson …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • failing — [adj] not well, weak declining, defeated, deficient, faint, feeble, inadequate, insufficient, scant, scanty, scarce, short, shy, unavailing, unprosperous, unsuccessful, unsufficient, unthriving, vain, wanting; concepts 485,489 Ant. healthy, ok,… …   New thesaurus

  • failing — [fāl′iŋ] n. 1. a failure 2. a slight fault or defect; weakness prep. without; lacking [failing a good voter turnout, our candidate will lose] SYN. FAULT …   English World dictionary

  • failing — I noun asthenia, atony, blemish, cachexia, collapse, debilitation, decadence, decay, decline, decrepitude, defeat, deficiency, delinquency, disadvantage, failure, fallibility, fault, fiasco, flaw, foible, frailty, imperfection, inadequacy,… …   Law dictionary

  • failing — defect, fault, 1580s, verbal noun from FAIL (Cf. fail) …   Etymology dictionary

  • failing — n frailty, foible, *fault, vice Analogous words: *blemish, flaw, defect: weakness, infirmity (see corresponding adjectives at WEAK) Antonyms: perfection (in concrete sense) Contrasted words: *excellence, merit, virtue …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • failing — ► NOUN ▪ a weakness in a person s character. ► PREPOSITION ▪ if not …   English terms dictionary

  • failing — fail|ing1 [ feılıŋ ] noun count a fault or a weak point that makes someone or something less effective: He had his failings, but he was basically a good man. the failings of the criminal justice system failing fail|ing 2 [ feılıŋ ] adjective no… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • failing — I UK [ˈfeɪlɪŋ] / US noun [countable] Word forms failing : singular failing plural failings a fault or a weak point that makes someone or something less effective He had his failings, but he was basically a good man. the failings of the criminal… …   English dictionary

  • failing — failingly, adv. failingness, n. /fay ling/, n. 1. an act or instance of failing; failure: His failing is due to general incompetence. 2. a defect or fault; shortcoming; weakness: His lack of knowledge is a grave failing. prep. 3. in the absence… …   Universalium

  • failing — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ great, major, serious (esp. BrE), worst ▪ Vanity is her worst failing. ▪ common, human ▪ …   Collocations dictionary


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