- Load refusal, breakage, or separation of component parts. Load refusal is the point where the ultimate strength is exceeded.
- The movement or damage of a structural member or connection makes it unable to support loads.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
failure (noun)1.
a) omission of occurrence or performance , specifically a to perform a duty or expected action - failing failure to pay the rent on time
b) (1) a state of inability to perform a normal function - kidney failure compare heart failure
(2) an abrupt cessation of normal functioning - a power failure
c) a fracturing or giving way under stress - structural failure
2.
a) lack of success
b) a failing in business - bankruptcy
3.
a) a falling short - deficiency a crop failure
b) - deterioration decay
4.
one that has - failed
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
failure (noun)1.
the nonperformance of an assigned or expected action
SYNONYMS:
default, delinquency, dereliction, misprision, neglect, negligence, nonfeasance, oversightRELATED WORDS:
carelessness, heedlessness, inadvertence, inadvertency, laxityNEAR ANTONYMS:
compliance, discharge, fulfillment ( fulfilment)2.
a falling short of one's goals
SYNONYMS:
collapse, crash, cropper, defeat, fizzle, nonachievement, nonsuccessRELATED WORDS:
futility, uselessness; ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness, inefficaciousness, inefficacy; deficiency, inadequacy, inadequateness, insufficiency; disappointment, letdown, setbackNEAR ANTONYMS:
victory, win3.
something that has failed
SYNONYMS:
bomb, bummer, bust, catastrophe, clinker, clunker, debacle ( débâcle), disaster, dud, fiasco, fizzle, flop, frost, lemon, loser, miss, shipwreck, turkey, washoutRELATED WORDS:
also-ran, disappointment, dog, has-been, near miss; botch, hash, mess, muddle, shambles; nonevent; nonstarterNEAR ANTONYMS:
corker, crackerjack ( crackajack), dandy, jim-dandy, phenomenon4.
a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number
SYNONYMS:
crunch, dearth, deficit, drought ( drouth), failure, famine, inadequacy, inadequateness, insufficiency, lack, lacuna, paucity, pinch, poverty, scantiness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, undersupply, wantRELATED WORDS:
absence, omission; meagerness, poorness, skimpiness; necessity, need, privationNEAR ANTONYMS:
bountifulness, copiousness; excess, overabundance, oversupply, surfeit, surplus5.
the inability to pay one's debts
SYNONYMS:
bankruptcy, failure, ruinRELATED WORDS:
Chapter 11failure, downfall, crash, disintegration, disruption, glitch, impairment, lapse, misstep, reversal, ruin, snag, stumble, trouble, undoing