Failure and Miss

Failure

Failure noun - Something that has failed.
Usage example: the students' first attempt to build a homemade rocket was a disappointing failure

Miss is a synonym for failure in mistake topic. In some cases you can use "Miss" instead a noun "Failure".

Nearby Words: fail, failing, failed

Miss

Miss noun - A failure to hit (or meet or find etc).

Failure is a synonym for miss in mistake topic. Sometimes you can use "Failure" instead a noun "Miss".

Nearby Words: missed, missing

How words are described

complete complete failure complete miss
total total failure total miss
critical critical failure critical miss
single single failure single miss
Other adjectives: massive, big, absolute, automatic, immediate, hilarious, last.

Both words in one sentence

  • Just For Fun / Disney's Anne Frank Symbology Research Failure: It's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it mistake, but Sgt.
  • William Telling Roy looks away at the last second when the girl flirts with him; he doesn't miss the shot, but he does give Kyle heart failure.
  • Visual Novel / Sweet Fuse At Your Side Meoshi, observing their failure to shoot him even when he's lying on the floor making a perfect target, concludes that they're deliberately firing to miss.
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