failings

noun

plural of failing
as in weaknesses
a defect in character we could talk about your failings, but it would take all night

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Recent Examples of failings Yet, for those failings, the Selecao found a way to come through on both occasions – mainly due to the in-game changes Ancelotti made. — Chris Evans, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026 Such failings merits more analysis but there is surely some truth in left back Ali Abdi’s comments after a 4-0 filleting by Japan in their second game. — Carl Anka, New York Times, 29 June 2026 These failings dated from 2012 to May 2025. — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026 Wilson was also hindered by personal failings. — Jesse Wegman, The Atlantic, 20 June 2026 An investigation by the Better Government Association’s Illinois Answers Project enumerated the most striking failings of the city’s anti-displacement efforts. — David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026 The outsize failings of the men in power demand a grand reimagining of the consequences of those failings, and Helen of Nowhere offers up, exhilaratingly and naughtily, a myth for the man who needs to be shuffled offstage one way or another. — Literary Hub, 18 June 2026 The keeper could do nothing but flail and then turn and scream in frustration at his defense’s failings at the crucial moment. — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 17 June 2026 But if there is no clear-eyed accounting and address of the specific and systemic failings that led to so much loss last July 4, what happens the next time a flood roars through Texas Hill Country? — Karen Valby, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for failings
  1. weaknesses
  2. faults
  3. sins
  4. shortcomings
Noun
  • Use that outing to identify hiking-specific weaknesses and address them before the big trip.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026
  • The paper could also help other countries identify possible weaknesses in large low Earth orbit satellite networks, especially those used for military purposes.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026
Definition of weaknesses
Noun
  • Can successfully gnarly gore redeem the faults in a film’s story and characterization?
    — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 10 July 2026
  • These tremors are made possible by faults — cracks in the bedrock — deep below the surface, according to Bauer.
    — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026
Definition of faults
Noun
  • The big mic drop at the conclusion of the finale turns out that Paula is a stone-cold (if possibly accidental) killer after all, and that the shadowy Souter Group is going to make her pay for her sins.
    — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 15 July 2026
  • The woman’s love and affection, as well as her genuine repentance, won his absolution of her sins.
    — Eric Bashor, Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2026
Definition of sins
Noun
  • Most importantly, the renovation solved the hotel’s practical shortcomings without stripping away the qualities that made longtime guests love it in the first place.
    — Jill Robbins, Southern Living, 11 July 2026
  • Nilson Angulo’s strike was excellent and Gonzalo Plata’s winner, which will live long in the Ecuadorian memory, ensured Germany’s shortcomings were punished.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 11 July 2026
Definition of shortcomings

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