Doing
Failure
Failure noun - The nonperformance of an assigned or expected action.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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It is actually possible to choose Tarnum, but doing so results in scenario failure.
Source: Sadistic Choice / Video Games - Alternatively the song's about a group of settlers escaping a war and arriving on a new land, doomed to failure because they have no idea what they're doing.
Source: Lyrical Dissonance / Indie -
Upon discovering Matt's body (if he died), for instance, Josh bemoans his failure to save him — as the player is likely to be doing upon being reminded of their mistake.
Source: Video Game / Until Dawn
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Failure and Doing. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/doing/failure
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Failure or Doing. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/doing/failure.
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