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failing

English

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /?fe?.l??/
  • Rhymes: -e?l??

Verb

failing

  1. present participle of fail

Noun

failing (plural failings)

  1. weakness; defect
    His worst failing is his temper.

Translations

Preposition

failing

  1. if the preferred or prior option is not possible
    A large proportion of the females employed in other firms are said to have signified their intention of going on strike, failing a settlement.

Translations

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emaciated

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??me??ie?t?d/
  • (US) IPA(key): /??me?sie?t?d/

Adjective

emaciated (comparative more emaciated, superlative most emaciated)

  1. Thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease.
    The emaciated prisoners in the death camps were weak and sickly.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:scrawny

Translations

Verb

emaciated

  1. simple past tense and past participle of emaciate

Related terms

  • emaciate
  • emaciation

See also

  • gaunt

Anagrams

  • acetamide

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