Failure
Failure noun - A falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number.
Usage example: the failure of the potato crop had a devastating effect on the population of Ireland
Lack is a synonym for failure in inadequacy topic. In some cases you can use "Lack" instead a noun "Failure", when it comes to topics like scarcity.
Lack
Lack noun - The fact or state of being absent.
Usage example: the lack of news about the fate of the soldiers was frustrating
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| notable | notable failure | notable lack |
| similar | similar failure | similar lack |
| complete | complete failure | complete lack |
| total | total failure | total lack |
| Other adjectives: initial, relative, critical, obvious, actual, real, constant, severe, massive, great, serious, huge, infamous, absolute, personal, apparent, occasional, perceived, previous, sudden, resulting, aforementioned. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- Her fear of failure and lack of confidence makes her even more worried, which makes her work even worse than it was.
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When he's forced to return to Level 5 to escape the bunker decades later, he has a minor breakdown when he's forced to relive the trauma Ragnarok-Proofing: Averted, most of the other goverment bunkers failed quickly, either due to mechanical failure or lack of resources.
Source: Video Game / The Bunker - Part of why it's so hated is not just because of the Critical Research Failure or lack of good review techniques, but because of the beginning when he says that Daft Punk is retarded.
Source: He Panned It, Now He Sucks
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