failing

See also: Failing

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfeɪ.lɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -eɪlɪŋ

Verb

failing

1. present participle and gerund of fail

Noun

failing (plural failings)

1. weakness; defect

   His worst failing is his temper.

Translations

defect

• Bulgarian: недостатък (bg) m (nedostatǎk), грешка (bg) f (greška)
• German: Schwäche (de) f, Mangel (de) m, Fehler (de) m, Unzulänglichkeit (de) f, Defizit (de) n
• Irish: laige f
• Romanian: defect (ro)
• Spanish: falta (es), defecto (es), lacra (es)
• Swedish: fel (sv) n, brist (sv) c, svaghet (sv) c

Preposition

failing

1. If what follows is not possible; without.

   A large proportion of the females employed in other firms are said to have signified their intention of going on strike, failing a settlement.

Translations

if not possible

• Arabic: فِي حَال عَدَم حُدُوث‎ (fī ḥāl ʕadam ḥudūṯ)

  Egyptian Arabic: مادام ما حصلش‎ (madam ma ḥaṣalš)

• Bulgarian: ако не (ako ne), в отсъствие на (v otsǎstvie na)
• German: mangels (de), in Ermangelung (de), ohne (de)
• Kyrgyz: кемчилик (ky) (kemçilik), кемчилдик (ky) (kemçildik), жетишпестик (ky) (jetişpestik), аздык (ky) (azdık), ката (ky) (kata)
• Spanish: a falta de (es)

References

• “failing”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.