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failing

  1. presentparticiple andgerund offail
    • 1951 January, H. A. Vallance, “Kyle of Lochalsh Revisited”, inRailway Magazine, page14:
      As we breasted the first summit, the precipitous mass of the Raven's Rock, towering some 250 ft. above the railway, looked grim and forbidding in thefailing light, and distant Ben Wyves was shrouded in mist.

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failing (pluralfailings)

  1. weakness;defect
    His worstfailing is his temper.
    • 2023 October 18, “Network News: Carmont: NR pays nearly £1m in out-of-court settlements”, inRAIL, number994, page15:
      At the High Court in Aberdeen in September, NR pleaded guilty to a series offailings, including failing to tell the driver that it was unsafe to drive the train at the 75mph line speed.

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defect

Preposition

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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.

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if not possible

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