Bug and Failing

Bug

Bug noun - A person with a strong and habitual liking for something.

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Failing and bug are semantically related. in fault topic. In some cases you can use "Failing" instead a noun "Bug".

Failing noun - A defect in character.

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Bug and failing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bug" instead a noun "Failing".

Nearby Words: fail, failure, failed

particular	particular bug	particular failing
common	common bug	common failing
short	short bug	short failing
popular	popular bug	popular failing
Other adjectives: actual, real, big, little, terrible, new, major, minor, last, occasional, different.

Or even failing that, if she'd kept moving when Rico yelled out her name instead of stopping, turning around, and staring at the bug.

Source: Film / Starship Troopers
His computer is somehow always an early model with the hopelessly flawed chipset, or failing that, the early hideously bug-filled OS.

Source: The Alleged Computer
In previous versions a (now resolved) bug could result in mayors ordering themselves beaten for failing to satisfy their own mandates.

Source: Artificial Stupidity / Simulation Games

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Failing and Bug. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bug/failing

Bug & Failing. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/bug/failing>.

Failing or Bug. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/bug/failing.

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