Check and Failure

Check

Check noun - The amount owed at a bar or restaurant or the slip of paper stating the amount.

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Failure and check are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Failure" instead a noun "Check".

Nearby Words: checked, checking, checkup, checker, checklist

Failure noun - The nonperformance of an assigned or expected action.

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Check and failure are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Check" instead a noun "Failure".

Nearby Words: fail, failing, failed

special	special check	special failure
initial	initial check	initial failure
single	single check	single failure
real	real check	real failure
Other adjectives: successful, constant, massive, big, serious, huge, personal, final, random, last, resulting.

Rolling a 12 in Psionics: The Next Stage in Human Evolution on a skill or talent check is always a failure and it's often flavor texted as this.

Source: Critical Failure
Instead of rolling d10s to determine the outcome of any given check, the gaming group votes on whether they think the outcome should be a success or failure.

Source: Tabletop Game / Unknown Armies
Check. Caused a Bad Future via a complete failure of basic logic and common sense?

Source: Western Animation / Xiaolin Showdown

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