Synonyms for failing
ˈfeɪ lɪŋfail·ing

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1. failing

   Synonyms:
   delicate, diseased, emaciated, exhausted, fainting, fragile, frail, ill, sick, unhealthy, unsound, wasted, weak, worn, worn down, worn out

   Antonyms:
   hale, healthful, healthy, hearty, hygienic, salubrious, salutary, sanitary, sound, strong, vigorous, well, wholesome

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1. failing, weaknessnoun

   a flaw or weak point

   "he was quick to point out his wife's failings"

   Synonyms:
   impuissance, flunk, weakness, helplessness

   Antonyms:
   qualifying, pass, passing, satisfactory

2. failing, flunkadjective

   failure to reach a minimum required performance

   "his failing the course led to his disqualification"; "he got two flunks on his report"

   Synonyms:
   flunk, weakness

   Antonyms:
   pass, qualifying, passing, satisfactory

3. failingadjective

   below acceptable in performance

   "received failing grades"

   Antonyms:
   qualifying, passing, pass, satisfactory

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1. • Imperfection

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1. failingnoun

   Synonyms:
   decline, decay

2. failingnoun

   Synonyms:
   miscarriage, failure

3. failingnoun

   Synonyms:
   fault, foible, frailty, lapse, error, slip, shortcoming, imperfection, deficiency, defect, weakness, infirmity, weak side, blind side

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1. failingnoun

   Synonyms:
   shortcoming, deficiency, imperfection, foible, fault, infirmity, defect, errancy, fallibility, decline, deterioration

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1. List of paraphrases for "failing":

   failure, omitting, fault, neglecting

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1. Garry Trudeau:

   America: the only country in the world where failing to promote yourself is regarded as being arrogant.

2. Guy Reeves:

   Failing to do this almost inevitably means a potential for controversy to be sustained and amplified, we should not be closing down productive avenues, and genetically modified mosquitoes might be one of them.

3. Vincent Van Gogh:

   Our greatest glory consists not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall.

4. Dina Sayegh Doll:

   Robert Durst's appellate issues will be resolved in one of two ways, either it will be decided by the Court of Appeal justices or eventually rendered moot by Robert Durst failing health.

5. Tami McVay:

   They don’t have water in their homes to take baths, or brush their teeth, or have clean laundry, and they’re getting bullied, being made fun of because they’re taking baths at the local gas station bathroom. It’s not fair – the stress that it causes the parents because [they] start to feel like they’re failing as a parent.