We have spotted FAIL (4 Letters) a total of 39 times in our database. Below you may see the clues associated with FAIL and also when and where was it last seen:
Definition
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To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in
any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in
the usual or expected manner, or to be altogether cut off from supply;
to be lacking; as, streams fail; crops fail. |
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To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be
deficient or unprovided; -- used with of. |
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To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay;
to sink. |
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To deteriorate in respect to vigor, activity, resources,
etc.; to become weaker; as, a sick man fails. |
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To perish; to die; -- used of a person. |
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To be found wanting with respect to an action or a duty to
be performed, a result to be secured, etc.; to miss; not to fulfill
expectation. |
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To come short of a result or object aimed at or desired ;
to be baffled or frusrated. |
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To err in judgment; to be mistaken. |
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To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to
be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to
become bankrupt or insolvent. |
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To be wanting to ; to be insufficient for; to disappoint;
to desert. |
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To miss of attaining; to lose. |
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Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; -- mostly
superseded by failure or failing, except in the phrase without fail. |
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Death; decease. |
Referring crossword puzzle clues
Usage among publishers:
- New York Times: Oct 15, 2024
- USA Today: Jul 24, 2024
- Wall Street Journal: Jun 15, 2024
- LA Times: Jun 9, 2024
- Newsday: May 29, 2024
- USA Today: Mar 13, 2024
- USA Today: Feb 13, 2024
- Newsday: Jan 29, 2024
- New York Times: Jan 16, 2024
- Wall Street Journal: Nov 14, 2023
- LA Times: Aug 27, 2023
- USA Today: Aug 25, 2023
- LA Times: Aug 20, 2023
- Universal: Feb 7, 2023
- Universal: Nov 7, 2022
- LA Times: Sep 21, 2022
- USA Today: Sep 15, 2022
- Universal: Aug 10, 2022
- Universal: Jul 20, 2022
- Newsday: May 29, 2022
- Wall Street Journal: May 3, 2022
- LA Times: Apr 21, 2022
- Newsday: Feb 23, 2022