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What does failure mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word failure? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.
  2. An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure or incapable of success.
  3. Termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function; breakdown. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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Our failure to address this issue equates to abdicating our fundamental responsibility to the next generation of West Indian youth.
The thrust of both books is his failure to protect the national interests of Britain and his abject subservience to the United States.
Conservatives' failure to back this project initially jeopardised the commitment of the business community.
When failure has launched a rabbit punch and uppercut combination, can he drag himself back from failure and go on to greater things?
As Sheehan notes, there's a reason why Eisenhower was so intolerant of failure and so ruthless about weeding it out.
But if I can conclude from the evaluation that this failure is on my account then I will have to leave.

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