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Failure

Failure is the social concept of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and is usually viewed as the opposite of success. The criteria for failure depends on context, and may be relative to a particular observer or belief system. One person might consider a failure what another person considers a success, particularly in cases of direct…

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Failure

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Avg. degree1.96
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related to References · 21
Failure → America, BF00368204, Born Losers, Cambridge, Contemplating Failure, Harvard University Press, History, ISBN, ISSN, JSTOR, Massachusetts, OCLC, Other, Patricia, Philosophical Studies, S2CID, Sandage, Scott, Smith, The Importance
see also · 17
Failure → Ability, Accidents, Adage, Catastrophic, Charles PerrowSetting, Component, Design, Event, Form, Frequency, Incorrect, Inefficiently, Process, Specific, Sudden, Systemic, Unanticipated
related to In science · 14
Failure → Albert Einstein's, Alternatively, Earth, For, He, However, Kelly, Kevin Kelly, Michelson, Morley, Scientific, This, When, Wired
related to External links · 11
Failure → Association, August, Ben, How Fail Went From, Interjection, Japan, Magazine, Study, The New York Times, Verb, Zimmer
related to Sociology · 10
Failure → Accordingly, Americans, By, Civil War, Cultural, Initially, Sandage, Scott Sandage, The, United States
related to In education · 7
Failure → By, Grades, Harvard University, In, Mount Holyoke, Mount Holyoke College, The
related to In marketing · 6
Failure → An, Chan, Marketing, They, Thus, Wan
related to In philosophy · 5
Failure → Both, In, It, Philosophers, The
related to In popular culture · 5
Failure → Bush, George, Google, The, White House
is a · 3
Failure → failure to obtain a good or service at all, product or company that does not reach expectations of success.Most of the items listed below had high expectations, social concept of not meeting a desirable or intended objective

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Failureis asocial concept of not meeting a desirable or intended objective0.90text
Failureis aproduct or company that does not reach expectations of success.Most of the items listed below had high expectations0.90text
Failureis afailure to obtain a good or service at all0.90text
Failurerelated to External linksZimmer0.60section
Failurerelated to External linksBen0.60section
Failurerelated to External linksAugust0.60section
Failurerelated to External linksHow Fail Went From0.60section
Failurerelated to External linksVerb0.60section
Failurerelated to External linksInterjection0.60section
Failurerelated to External linksThe New York Times0.60section
Failurerelated to External linksMagazine0.60section
Failurerelated to External linksAssociation0.60section

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