Failing and Needing

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Failing adjective - Below acceptable in performance.

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Needing and failing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Needing" instead an adjective "Failing".

Nearby Words: fail, failure, failed

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Failing and needing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Failing" instead an adjective "Needing".

Nearby Words: need, needed, needy

Elf has Santa needing to be rescued by the main characters at the climax, due to his sleigh failing from lack of holiday spirit in New York.

Source: Santa Claus
In the anime, he kills his minions at the drop of a hat, reasons varying from "failing him", to "being no longer useful", to "speaking out of turn", to "just needing a target".

Source: Character Exaggeration
This includes the first round of a bolt-action rifle failing to load, the magazine of a submachine gun needing a good whack on the bottom, or the door to a laser pistol's pop-out battery not closing.

Source: Reliably Unreliable Guns

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