Failing

Verb
failing



Noun

 * 1) Weakness; defect
 * His worst failing is his temper.

Preposition

 * 1) 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.

Verbs for Failing
aggravate —; alter —; anticipate —; apprehend —; breed —; brood over —; com¬pensate for —; deserve —; detect —; dis' cover —; establish —; excuse —; exploit —; forgive —; incur —; mention —; pardon —; produce —; promote —; supply —; — enfeebles; — overtakes.

Adverbs for Failing
indubitably; visibly; hopelessly; shockingly; feebly; weakly; languidly; decrepitly; desolately; shakily; perceptibly; manifestly; patently; conspicuously; noticeably; rapidly; inevitably; finally; slowly; obviously; avowedly; brokenly; wretchedly; pitifully; undoubtedly; languishingly; hopelessly; fatally; incurably; infirmly; strangely.

Thesaurus
abortive, arrested, bad habit, besetting sin, blemish, blind spot, bootless, bug, cachectic, callow, catch, comedown, coming apart, crack, cracking, crumbling, debasement, debilitated, decadence, decadency, decadent, declension, declination, decline, declining, defect, defection, defective, deficiency, deficient, deformation, degeneracy, degenerate, degenerateness, degeneration, degradation, demotion, depravation, depravedness, depreciation, derogation, descent, deteriorating, deterioration, devolution, disintegrating, downtrend, downturn, downward mobility, downward trend, drained, draining, drawback, drooping, drop, dwindling, dying, ebb, ebbing, effete, effeteness, embryonic, enervated, exhausted, fading, failed, failure, failure of nerve, fall, falling, falling-off, fault, faute, feeble, flagging, flaw, foible, found wanting, fragmenting, frail, frailty, fruitless, futile, going to pieces, healthless, hole, hypoplastic, immature, imperfect, imperfection, in arrear, in arrears, in default, in default of, in poor health, in short supply, inadequacy, inadequate, incompetent, incomplete, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, infant, infirm, infirmity, insufficient, invalid, involution, kink, lacking, lame, languishing, lapse, little problem, loss of tone, manque, marcescent, miscarried, miscarrying, missing, moral flaw, moribund, needing, not enough, of no effect, pale, part, partial, patchy, peaked, peaky, pining, problem, reduced, reduced in health, regression, regressive, retrocession, retrogradation, retrograde, retrogression, retrogressive, rift, run-down, sans, scant, scanty, scarce, scrappy, short, shortcoming, shriveling, shy, sickly, sinking, sketchy, sliding, slippage, slipping, slump, slumping, snag, something missing, stickit, stillborn, subsiding, successless, tabetic, taint, too little, underdeveloped, undeveloped, unequal to, unfortunate, unhealthy, unqualified, unsatisfactory, unsatisfying, unsound, unsuccessful, unsufficing, useless, valetudinarian, valetudinary, vice, vulnerable place, wane, waning, wanting, wasting, weak link, weak point, weak side, weakened, weakly, weakness, wilting, with low resistance, withering, without, worsening