Fail

Definition: Fail

Fail

Verb

1. Fail to do something; leave something undone; "She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"; "The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account".

2. Be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably".

3. Disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake; "His sense of smell failed him this time"; "His strength finally failed him"; "His children failed him in the crisis".

4. Stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident".

5. Be unable; "I fail to understand your motives".

6. Judge unacceptable; "The teacher failed six students".

7. Fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?".

8. Fall short in what is expected; "She failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law".

9. Become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close; "The toy company went bankrupt after the competition hired cheap Mexican labor"; "A number of banks failed that year".

10. : prove insufficient; "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought".

11. : get worse; "Her health is declining".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "fail" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Synonyms: Fail

Confutation

Be confuted; fail; expose one's weak point, show one's weak point.

Dereliction of Duty

Verb: violate; break, break through; infringe; set aside, set at naught; encroach upon, trench upon; trample on, trample under foot; slight, neglect, evade, renounce, forswear, repudiate; wash one's hands of; escape, transgress, fail.

Error

Trip, stumble; lose oneself; (uncertainty); go astray; fail; be in the wrong box; take the wrong sow by the ear; (mismanage); put the saddle on the wrong horse; reckon without one's host; take the shadow for the substance; (credulity); dream; (imagine).

Inutility

Verb: be useless; Adjective:; go a begging; (redundant); fail.

Nonpayment

Verb: not pay; fail, break, stop payment; become insolvent, become bankrupt; be gazetted.

Shortcoming

Break down, stick in the mud, collapse, flat out, come to nothing; fall through, fall to the ground; cave in, end in smoke, miss the mark, fail; lose ground; miss stays.

Teaching

Test, examination, exam; final exam, mid-term exam grade, score, marks; A,B,C,D,E,F; gentleman's C; pass, fail, incomplete.

Unskillfulness

Cut blocks with a razor; (useless); fight with a shadow, grasp at a shadow; catch at straws, lean on a broken reed, reckon without one's host, pursue a wild goose chase; go on a fool's goose chase, sleeveless errand; go further and fare worse; lose one's way, miss one's way; fail.

Weakness

Verb: be weak; Adjective: drop, crumble, give way, totter, tremble, shake, halt, limp, fade, languish, decline, flag, fail, have one leg in the grave.

Crosswords: Fail

Irish (hiccup), Turkish (doer, maker, perpetrator, principal, subject).

Our Lady of Blessed Acceleration, don't fail us now (The Blues Brothers ; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd, John Landis)

I do not know what strength is in my blood, but I swear to you I will not let the White City fall, nor our people fail. (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

I wasn't strong enough to save you mum. I wasn't strong enough, but I promise I won't fail again (Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones; writing credit: George Lucas)

So never refuse an invitation, never resist the unfamiliar, never fail to be polite and never outstay the welcome (The Beach; writing credit: John Hodge)

He can't even do the simple things, like fail locally (Terms of Endearment; writing credit: Larry McMurtry; James L. Brooks)

Let your conscience fail ya, just do the stroke (THE STROKE; performing artist: Billy Squier)

Armchair warriors often fail (The End of the Innocence; performing artist: Don Henley)

Feet fail me not this may be the only opportunity that I got (Lose Yourself; performing artist: EMINEM)

But heroes often fail (If You Could Read My Mind; performing artist: Gordon Lightfoot)

To try and to fail, the two things I hate (Izzo (H.O.V.A.); performing artist: Jay-Z)

He who fails to prepare, prepares to fail. (references; author: unknown)

Nobody plans to fail, they just fail to plan. (references; author: unknown)

Some goals are so worthy, it's glorious even to fail. (references; author: unknown)

I'd rather do something and fail than do nothing and succeed! (references; author: unknown)

Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. (references; author: unknown)

Fail Safe (2000)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Everyday Irrationality: How Pseudo-Scientists, Lunatics, and the Rest of Us Systematically Fail to Think Rationally (reference)

• Words Fail Me (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• When Your Kidneys Fail (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Fail Safe - Special Edition (reference)

• People's Century: Lost Peace - Ideals for a United World Fail (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Feats Don't Fail Me Now (reference)

• Should the World Fail to Fall Apart (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• NEC-Mitsubishi Neax2000 Ivs Pz-8Pfta 8Port Power Fail Transfer Circuit Card (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

In a small number of individuals (mostly children under 5 and the elderly), E. coli can cause hemolytic uremic syndrome, in which the red blood cells are destroyed and the kidneys fail. Credit: CDC.

For reasons not completely understood, in some years the anti-cyclone is less powerful than normal. The weaker winds it produces fail to draw cold waters up to the ocean's surface, thus opening the way for warm, nutrient-poor tropical waters. These changes in water temperature and climatic conditions are known as "El Nino". Credit: Fisheries.

Th [i.e. the] old gentleman in the fog -- the light that may not fail. Credit: Library of Congress.

Accurate workmanship is required to make perfectly uniform shells for the Army. Inspectors are on the alert to reject those which fail to meet requirements. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan. Credit: Library of Congress.

Li'l Abner. "Ah bin prayin' ev'ry night thet Li'l Abner won't fail t'earn thet hunderd thousan' dollahs ...". Credit: Library of Congress.

If I fail he dies Work for the Red Cross / / Rev. S.A. Iciek & Arthur G. McCoy. Credit: Library of Congress.

Let's make it -- your kind of country : vote Fianna Fail. Credit: Library of Congress.

Join Fianna Fail now, and together we will get this country moving again. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Neither we nor our bailiffs will seize any land or rent for any debt, as long as the chattels of the debtor are sufficient to repay the debt; nor shall the sureties of the debtor be distrained so long as the principal debtor is able to satisfy the debt; and if the principal debtor shall fail to pay the debt, having nothing wherewith to pay it, then the sureties shall answer for the debt; and let them have the lands and rents of the debtor, if they desire them, until they are indemnified for the debt which they have paid for him, unless the principal debtor can show proof that he is discharged thereof as against the said sureties. (reference)

Thirdly, In the state of nature there often wants power to back and support the sentence when right, and to give it due execution, They who by any injustice offended, will seldom fail, where they are able, by force to make good their injustice; such resistance many times makes the punishment dangerous, and frequently destructive, to those who attempt it. (Second Treatise of Government)

For how can people, when once they understand their system, fail to see in it the best possible plan of the best possible state of society? Hence, they reject all political, and especially all revolutionary, action; they wish to attain their ends by peaceful means, and endeavour, by small experiments, necessarily doomed to failure, and by the force of example, to pave the way for the new social Gospel. (reference)

Should Germany fail to carry out all or part of these works, the Central Commission shall be entitled to carry them out instead; and, for this purpose, the Commission may decide upon and fix the limits of the necessary sites and occupy the ground after a period of two months after simple notification, subject to the payment of indemnities to be fixed by it and paid by Germany. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Since the Electricity Board cut him off without fail every time he paid his bill, it seemed only reasonable that they should leave him connected when he didn't

Shouldst thou fail me in this, beware

In revolving so many gloomy ideas, his courage did not fail, but his brain was fatigued

In that I did not always fail.

Yes, he can do that until his crops fail one day and he has to borrow money from the bank

Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

In humans, however, they fail to reach the intestine. (references)

But as puberty progresses, they fail to keep pace with other males. (references)

Babies who fail the ABR screen are referred for diagnostic evaluation. (references)

Business

Police often fail to investigate killings of peasants by ranchers. (references)

Defendants who fail to show the correct attitude by confessing their crimes are typically sentenced more harshly. (references)

This is justified on the grounds that the general population might misunderstand a bank failure and assume that many others would fail as well, resulting in social unrest. (references)

Children

Ethiopia

The Government has closed down adoption agencies operating in the country that fail to observe proper rules and regulations. (references)

Brazil

Fully 40 percent of first-graders repeat the year, and in a number of states first-graders are more likely to fail than to pass. (references)

Brazil

Millions of children continue to suffer from the poverty afflicting their families, must work to survive, and fail to get an education. (references)

Civil Liberties

Ireland

Members of the major political parties (Fianna Fail and Fine Gael) tend to be practicing Catholics. (references)

Zimbabwe

The revised act also revokes the citizenship of persons who fail to return to the country in any 5-year period. (references)

Thailand

Persons who fail or choose not to indicate religious affiliation in their applications may be issued cards without religious information. (references)

Discrimination

Mexico

The consensus among gay rights groups is that the police fail to investigate these crimes seriously. (references)

Economic History

Serbia and Montenegro

In the 1980s, however, Yugoslavia's economy began to fail. (references)

Egypt

Elaborate bid proposals often fail, passed over for cheaper, practical alternatives. (references)

Human Rights

Nigeria

Judges frequently fail to appear for trials, often because they are pursuing other means of income. (references)

Tunisia

Defense lawyers contend that the courts often fail to grant them adequate notice of trial dates or allow them time to prepare their cases. (references)

India

The police must file charges within 60 to 90 days of arrest; if they fail to do so, court approval of a bail application becomes mandatory. (references)

Indigenous People

Panama

Since indigenous populations infrequently master Spanish and are unfamiliar with the country's legal system, they often misunderstand their rights and fail to employ legal channels when threatened. (references)

Minorities

Hungary

Police also fail to intervene to prevent violence against Roma. (references)

Dominican Republic

Some parents fail to seek documentation due to fear of being deported. (references)

Political Economy

CZECH REPUBLIC

By law, strikes may take place only after mediation efforts fail. (references)

Ireland

Until 1989, Fianna Fail had refused to enter into a coalition government. (references)

DENMARK

If negotiations fail, a National Conciliation Board mediates, and its proposal is voted on by both management and labor. (references)

Political Rights

Kazakhstan

Should Parliament fail to consider within 30 days a bill designated as "urgent" by the President, the President may issue the bill by decree. (references)

Colombia

Those that fail to garner 50,000 votes in a general election lose the right to present candidates and may not receive funds from the Government. (references)

Thailand

Eligible voters who fail to exercise their voting responsibilities, except for those excused, are subject to the loss of certain rights, including the right to be a candidate in future elections. (references)

Trade

Switzerland

To enforce compliance with these shareholder requirements, the FBC is authorized to block their voting rights if they fail to comply. (references)

Philippines

Importers who fail to apply for classification are not precluded from importing; however, all their imports will be channeled through the red lane. (references)

Panama

Second, an insurance company can issue a bond for the importer covering the import duty value, payable if the goods fail to exit the country as scheduled. (references)

Women

Slovak Republic

Police estimate that two-thirds of female rape victims fail to report their cases. (references)

Indonesia

Some women reportedly fail to report rape to police because the police do not take their allegations seriously. (references)

India

Only 10 percent of rape cases are fully adjudicated by the courts, and police typically fail to arrest rapists, thus fostering a climate of impunity. (references)

Worker Rights

Indonesia

If such marriages fail, the women have no legal recourse. (references)

China

Many, if not most, Tibetan tour guides educated abroad reportedly fail this exam. (references)

Korea

Those who fail to do so face a large fine or a maximum sentence of 3 years' imprisonment. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "fail": catastrophic fail rate ♦ don't fail to come! ♦ fail an exam ♦ fail an examination ♦ fail in ♦ fail in its effect ♦ fail in one's duty ♦ fail in perseverance ♦ fail place ♦ fail safe ♦ fail safe system ♦ fail silent ♦ fail smb. ♦ fail softly ♦ fail through ♦ fail to ♦ fail to accomplish ♦ fail to appear ♦ fail to appreciate ♦ fail to do smth. ♦ fail to honour commitment ♦ fail to keep ♦ fail to keep promise ♦ fail to materialize ♦ fail to observe ♦ fail to recall ♦ fail to recognize ♦ fail to see ♦ filling fail places ♦ make fail ♦ not fail ♦ not fail to ♦ not fail to do smth. ♦ through fail and foul ♦ without fail ♦ words fail me. Additional references.

Beginning with "fail": fail-fall, fail-proof, fail-safe, fail-safes, fail-soft.

Ending with "fail": pass-or-fail, try-and-fail.

Afrikaans

agterweë laat (leave, leave out, neglect, omit, overlook), afsterwe (die away), afsterf (die away), afstel (neglect, omit). (various references)

Albanian

falimentoj (bankrupt), fikem (be ruined, be switched off, be turned off, dwindle, fade away, go out), ngecet (give out), dështoj (abort, backfire, fall down, fall short, fall short of, fall through, flop, go down the drain, go phut, lose, lose out, miscarry), dobësohem (become weak, decay, dilute, ebb, flag, grow feeble, grow thin, lag, languish, melt, reduce, relax, sink, slip, tone down, wane, weaken, wilt), harroj (condone, disremember, forget, leave behind, leave out, Miss, omit, wipe out), lë në baltë (ditch, leave in the lurch, let down), lëshohem (be launched, cave in, flag, flop, go down, hibernate, lag, languish, rush on, stoop, unwind), ligështohem (droop, faint, falter, weaken), dështim (abortion, anticlimax, bust, collapse, come down, crash, cropper, discomfiture, failing, failure, fiasco, fizzle, flash in the pan, flop, frost, frustration, licking, miscarriage, no go, reverse), neglizhoj (forget), shteroj (deplete, drain, dry up, give out, peter out), ngel (remain), nuk arrij, nuk bëhem, nuk e kaloj provimin, nuk kam sukses (cut no ice), pëson avari, prishem (be destroyed, break off, decay, decompose, deteriorate, fall, fall out, fall to pieces, go awry, go phut, go wrong, pack up, perish, putrefy, quarrel, rot, run to seed, separate, take apart, touch, turn sour), rrëzoj (blow, bring down, chop down, defeat, demolish, depolarise, depose, destroy, dethrone, disenthrone, dismount, disprove, down, drop, eradiate, fell, floor, kill, knock out, overthrow, plough, plow, pull down, pull over, push down, push over, rase, raze, rebut, sink, spill, wreck), mbetem (abide, be left, become, hang over, keep, linger, remain, stay). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فشل (balk, be failed, be unable to do, be unsuccessful, come to nothing, cower, defeat, dud, failure, fiasco, fizzle out, flop, frustration, go awry, go wrong, lose courage, lose ground, lose heart, make a hash of it, miscarry, miss, miss fire, miss the mark, torpedo, trip up, unsuccess, washout). (various references)

Bulgarian 

не сполучвам (fall down, miscarry), изневерявам (cheat, commit adultery), изчерпвам се (dry up, peter out, play out, run out, wear, write out), пропадам (abyss, collapse, fall through, go, go to the dogs, go under, go wrong, lose), пропадане на изпит, пропускам (admit, drop, let in, let slip by, lose, neglect, omit, overleap, overlook, overpass, pass over, pass up, run, skip, throw away), провалям се (break down, collapse, come to grief, fall through, fizzle out, fold, go awry, go phut, go to pot, go wrong, misfire, slump, sour, tumble down), липсвам (lack, want), изменям (alter, amend, betray, double cross, modulate, mutate, renegade, shoot down, sophisticate, turn traitor), забравям (forget, leave behind, neglect, omit, put aside, put behind, unlearn), скъсване на изпит, не се сбъдвам, не успявам (miscarry), гасна (die down, dim, diminish, ebb, sink), фалирам (blow up, break, go, go into liquidation, go phut, go to pieces, liquidate, peg out, smash, smash up), разочаровам (disappoint, disenchant, disillusion, disillusionize, frustrate, let down), развалям се (addle, conk, go bad, taint, turn, turn off, turn sour), скъсвам (break, plough, pluck, refer, rend, rip down, rip open, rupture, sever, snap, strand, tear, tear away, tear down, tear off, tear out, wear out), западам (come down, decay, dwindle, falter, go back, molder, moulder, sag, sink, turn down). (various references)

Chinese 

挫 (be obstructed, bend back, dampen, end, final stage, latter part, lower the tone, oppress, repress), 失败 (Abortive, Defeat, defeatist, Failed, Failing, failure, Miscarried, miscarry, Miscarrying), 不遂 (fail to materialize), 不及� � . (various references)

Czech

ztroskotat (be wrecked, bite, cast away, cave in, collapse, come to grief, fall through, founder, go by the board, ground, miscarry, shipwreck, wreck), zklamat (belie, disappoint, disillusion, lapse), slábnout (decline, die away, die down, ebb away, fade, fade away, fade out, falter, flag, weaken), shořet, selhat (abort, backfire, break down, come to nothing, fall down on the job, fizzle out, give out, go wrong, lapse, miscarry, misfire), propadnout (expire, fall through, flunk, lapse, surrender), povolit (allow, authorize, ease away, ease off, give, give in, grant, permit, relent, sanction, slacken, yield), nezdařit se (abort), neuspìt (fall through), neúèinkovat, chybìt (be missing, lack). (various references)

Danish

forfølgning af virksomheder for manglende overholdelse (to clamp down on firms which fail to meet their obligations), fail safe (fail safe), fail-soft (fail softly, graceful degradation), fejlsikker (fail safe, fail-safe, foolproof), fejl-sikker (fail safe), fejlvaern (fail safe), hvis forsoegene paa at loesne boreroeret mislykkes,skrues borestrengen af saa naer som muligt ved det sted,den sidder fast,saaledes at fiskearbejdet kan begynde;dette sker almindeligvis ved,at man ved hjaelp af spraengstof stoeder til boreroeret ved borer (if attempts to free the pipe fail, so that fishing operations can begin;this is generally accomplished by bump-shooting the pipe at the first tool joint above the free point, the string is unscrewed as near the stuck point as possible), tabe eller vinde på et eller flere punkter (succeed on some and fail on other heads), katastrofal fejlhyppighed (catastrophic fail rate), kontrolleret forringet funktion (fail softly, graceful degradation), maskine med indbygget sikkerhed (fail-safe behavior, fail-safe behaviour), mislykket kultur (fail place, failed area), mist (fail patch, failed patch), efterbedring (after-culture, beating, beating up, blank-filling, filling fail places, gapping, infilling, overplanting, patching up, recruiting, reinforcement planting, repair planting), cementitten ville derimod spaltes;dette kan resultere i en afkulning som foerer til dannelsen af interkrystallinske revner,der vil betyde emnets oedelaeggelse (otherwise the cementite would decompose and lead to decarburisation, so that grain boundary cracks would be formed and the material would fail), antikvælningsventil (anti-suffocation valDF a valve incorporated in an oxygen system whereby the user may inhale ambient air, should the oxygen supply fail or be disconnected. In some systems such a valve is essential to avoid suffocation if the wearer is unable to remove the mask from his face), hul (concave, hole, hollow). (various references)

Dutch

in het water vallen (abort), floppen (abort). (various references)

Esperanto

formorti (die away), fiaski (abort), nefari (neglect, omit), ne fari (neglect, omit), malsukcesi (abort). (various references)

Faeroese

miseydnast (abort, miscarry). (various references)

Finnish

tehdä vararikko (go bankrupt), tehdä konkurssi (become bankrupt), saada reput (be ploughed, muff an examination), reputtaa (flunk), reput (flunk), mennä nurin (overturn), laiminlyödä (neglect), epäonnistua (be unsuccessful, have no success, not succeed). (various references)

French

faire faillite, faiblir, faillent, faire défaut (to fail to appear), faillons, rater, négliger (fall down), mettre en défaut, manquer, tomber en panne (fall due on), recaler, échouer (fail through, fall short of, fall through), se pâlir (fade, faint), taper � côté, disparaître (fade out), avorter, affaiblir, abandonner. (various references)

Frisian

feile (abort, miscarry), fale (abort, miscarry), mislearje (abort, miscarry). (various references)

German

scheitern (be defeated, be wrecked, break down, breakdown, defeat, failure, fall through, falling through, founder, foundering, go under, miscarry, stranding, to fail, to miscarry, wrecking), versagen (be a failure, break down, breakdown, defection, deny, failing, failure, flop, give out, go, malfunction, refuse, reject, to break down, to flop, withhold), durchfallen (fall through, flop, flunk, go down, to flunk). (various references)

Greek 

αποτυγχάνω (come to nothing, fizzle, flunk). (various references)

Hebrew 

לפשוט את �"ר�'ל (bankrupt, go bankrupt, go broke, go into liquidation), לכשול (faint, fall, stagger, stumble, succumb, waver), ל�"תחרבן (fizzle), ל�"כשל (come to grief, dud, fall, fall over, fall through, fizzle out, founder, miscarry, miss fire), כשלון (abortion, downfall, failure, fiasco, stumbling). (various references)

Hungarian

nem sikerül (to come short of sg, to come to naught, to come to ought, to fail, to fold, to get nowhere), megbukik (flunk, to be plucked, to become bankrupt, to fail, to fall flat, to flunk, to go flop, to go phut, to slip up, to turn out crabs), elmarad (to be cancelled, to fail, to fall away, to fall off, to hold off, to lag behind, to make default). (various references)

Indonesian

mencos (miss a target, not be in a straight line), gagal (abortive, misfire, unsuccessful, vain). (various references)

Italian

morire (die, die away, die down, die out, end, expire, fade, go out, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, spoil), mancare (absence, be absent, be away, be lacking, be missing, be needed, be wanting, be wrong, deficiency, lack, Miss, need, omit, pass away, pass on, want, weakness). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

フェーリング反応 (a feint, face, facial, fader, fail-safe, failure, fair, fair catch, fair copy, fair play, fair sex, fairway, fairy, fairy tale, fairyland, fake, fare, fear, feather, feather plane, feathercut, Fehling's reaction, phase, phaser, phasing, phasor). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

フェイル . (various references)

Korean 

실패 (Failing, failure). (various references)

Luganda

teekubule (fail to find it). (various references)

Malay

gagal (abort, miscarry). (various references)

Manx

fajeil (fade), failleil (decline, failure, fall short). (various references)

Norwegian

forsømme, svikte (falter, forsake), stryke (iron, iron clothes), slå feil. (various references)

Papiamen

frakasá (abort, miscarry), faya (abort, miscarry). (various references)

Pig Latin

ailfay.(various references)

Polish

koniecznie (absolutely, definitely, without fail). (various references)

Portuguese

fracassar (abort, bust, flop, flunk, lose out), faltar (be lacking, be missing, default, fall short, lack, miss), falta (absence, default, deficiency, failing, fault, forfeit, foul, guilt, lack, lacuna, miss, mistake, need, non-attendance, omission, paucity, penurity, penury, privation, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, slip, want, wantage), falir (be bankrupt, break, bust, crack, go out of business, go under, mammock, smash), falhar (balk, boss, conk out, flop, lapse, mammock, miscarry, miss, muff, mull, peter out, slump, smash, stumble), falha (absence, brack, break, imperfection, lack, miss, muff, rift, rub, shortcoming), trair (betray, bewray, display, double-cross, let down, sell), ser reprovado em exame, não ter efeito, minguar, enganar-se (mistake, trip), enfraquecer (abate, attenuate, decay, diminish, enervate, extenuate, fade, faint, flag, flatten, impair, impoverish, jade, languish, peak, pine, rust, sap, slacken, undermine, waste, weaken), desapontar (deceive, disappoint, frustrate, let down, mock, run out on). (various references)

Romanian

eşua (abort, beach, break down, come down, drop through, fall, founder, ground, miscarry, pile up, run aground, run ashore, strand). (various references)

Russian 

слабеть (give, languish, peak, relax, slacken, weaken), терпеть;потерпеть неудача, выходить из строя (fall out), ослабевать (abate, ease up, ebb, fade out, fall off, sag, slack off, weaken), отказывать (deny, refuse, reject), оказаться не в состоянии, обанкротиться (cease payment, go bankrupt, go bust, go into liquidation, go to the wall), неудача (abortion, adverseness, bad, bad luck, crab, down, dud, failing, failure, fiasco, hard luck, hoodoo, ill fortune, ill success, ill-luck, mischance, misfortune, mishap, no go, rebuff, reverse, rot, setback, washout), недоставать (lacking), не хватать (come short, fall short, fall short of, lack, run short), не выполняться, быть ложным. (various references)

Scottish

f� illig , f� ilnich, teirig (be exhausted, be spent), meath (fade; dishearten). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zatajiti (secrete), slabiti (lower, weaken), razočarati (disappoint, disillusion, let down), pretrpeti neuspeh (bomb, fall, flop), podbaciti (let down, miscarry), omašiti, neizvršenje (failing), izneveriti (betray, let down), izjaloviti se (go down the drain), gubiti snagu. (various references)

Spanish

fallar (act up, backfire, Bumble, flaw, give out, give up, let down, make a hash of it, misfire, Miss, ruff, rule, trump). (various references)

Swedish

underkänna (disallow, flunk, not approve), misslyckas (abort, bomb, crack, fails, failure, fall flat, fall through, lose, miscarry, Miss), klicka (abort, click, miscarry, misfire). (various references)

Thai

้ผิ�"หวัง, ้สอบไม่ผ่าน, ล้มเหลว (asleep at the wheel, cave in, flop, fold up). (various references)

Turkish

fiyasko ile sonuçlanmak (bomb, flop), bozulmak (addle, break down, break up, bust, collapse, conk, decay, decline, deteriorate, disrupt, dwindle, ebb, get out of hand, get out of order, go bad, go haywire, go off, go sour, go under, go wrong, lose face, perish, retrograde, retrogress, rot, sour, spoil, stale, taint, turn, turn sour, upset), açmamak, ateş almamak (misfire), bırakmak (abandon, allow, break oneself of a habit, chuck, consign, demise, discontinue, dismiss, dispose of, drop, drop in, drop out, edge out, expose, forego, forgo, forsake, give over, give up, go without, grow, hand down, jack in, jilt, kic