failing
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Verb
failing
- Present participle of fail.
[edit] Noun
failing (plural failings)
- Weakness; defect
- His worst failing is his temper.
[edit] Preposition
failing
- if the preferred or prior option is not possible
- A large proportion of the females employed in other firms are said to have signified their intention of going on strike, failing a settlement.