failing
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a flaw or weak point
he was quick to point out his wife's failings
Types & categories
- imperfection hypernym
- insufficiency hyponym
- fatigue hyponym
- flaw hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
below acceptable in performance
received failing grades
Related & opposite
- unsatisfactory similar to
Sense 3 noun
failure to reach a minimum required performance
his failing the course led to his disqualification
Types & categories
- failure hypernym
Related & opposite
- qualifying antonym
- flunk derivation
- fail derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fail |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | weak |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | imperfection |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | insufficiency |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fatigue |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | flaw |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | unsatisfactory |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | qualifying |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | flunk |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fail |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | failure |