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We have spotted FAIL (4 Letters) a total of 29 times in our database. Below you may see the clues associated with FAIL and also when and where was it last seen:

Definition

• To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in the usual or expected manner, or to be altogether cut off from supply; to be lacking; as, streams fail; crops fail.
• To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; -- used with of.
• To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.
• To deteriorate in respect to vigor, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker; as, a sick man fails.
• To perish; to die; -- used of a person.
• To be found wanting with respect to an action or a duty to be performed, a result to be secured, etc.; to miss; not to fulfill expectation.
• To come short of a result or object aimed at or desired ; to be baffled or frusrated.
• To err in judgment; to be mistaken.
• To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent.
• To be wanting to ; to be insufficient for; to disappoint; to desert.
• To miss of attaining; to lose.
• Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; -- mostly superseded by failure or failing, except in the phrase without fail.
• Death; decease.

Referring crossword puzzle clues

Usage among publishers:

  • Universal: Dec 17, 2024
  • New York Times: Oct 15, 2024
  • USA Today: Jul 24, 2024
  • Wall Street Journal: Jun 15, 2024
  • LA Times: Jun 9, 2024
  • Newsday: May 29, 2024
  • USA Today: Feb 13, 2024
  • Wall Street Journal: Nov 14, 2023
  • LA Times: Aug 27, 2023
  • USA Today: Aug 25, 2023
  • LA Times: Aug 20, 2023
  • Universal: Feb 7, 2023