failing
[noun]
Synonyms:
- weakness, blemish, defect, deficiency, drawback, fault, flaw, imperfection, shortcoming
[preposition]
Synonyms:
- in the absence of, in default of, lacking

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Related Idioms: weak point
Related Words: imperfection, shortcoming

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I. fail‧ing¹ /ˈfeɪlɪŋ/ noun [countable]
[Word Family: noun: fail, failure, failing; adjective: failed, unfailing; verb: fail; adverb: unfaillingly]
a fault or weakness:
I love him, despite his failings.

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II. failing² preposition
failing that/this used to say that if your first suggestion is not successful or possible, there is another possibility that you could try:
We will probably have the conference at the Hyatt Hotel or, failing that, at the Fairmont.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

failing
noun
ADJ. major, worst Vanity is her worst failing.
common, human the very human failing of wanting to tell other people what to do
moral | personal
VERB + FAILING have We all have our failings.

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