Failure and Need

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

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

Nearby Words: fail, failing, failed

Need noun - A state of being without something necessary, desirable, or useful.

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Failure and need are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Failure" instead a noun "Need".

Nearby Words: needed, needs, needy, needless, needful

special	special failure	special need
critical	critical failure	critical need
single	single failure	single need
obvious	obvious failure	obvious need
Other adjectives: actual, real, constant, severe, big, great, serious, huge, absolute, personal, dramatic, immediate, possible, apparent, last, greatest, occasional, perceived, sudden.

Because of it, he was no long able to be part of the royal guard, and it reminds him of his failure and need for revenge on Bringer.

Source: Anime / Battle Spirits Sword Eyes
Batman bitterly reproaches himself for his failure, thinking he does more to help merchandise salesmen than the people who really need it.

Source: Heroic Self-Deprecation
In the extra chapter, Why Decide this is reversed as it states that his need to help fix everything he's done is going to end in failure.

Source: Tarot Motifs

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