FAILS (AT) Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

fails (at)

verb

present tense third-person singular of fail (at)

as in falls short (of)

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misses

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He's not been shy about slamming the year-after-year misses in inflation and blaming [Jerome] Powell and company.

— Steve Liesman, CNBC, 22 July 2026
Without real business context, a model meant to support a strategy, sales play or proposition direction may produce something that sounds confidently credible, but still misses what matters.

— Danny Philamond, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

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