Failure
nounid
2553·updated May 9, 2026verified
The condition or action of not functioning.
polysemous
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Classifications
Entity Type
Event75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- bankruptcylosernonstarterunsuccessful person
- plural
- Failures
- possessive
- Failure's
- pluralpossessive
- Failures'
Framework definitions
National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexicon1 senseview framework →
- §1
- The inability of a system or component to perform its required functions within specified performance requirements.
- §1
- The condition or action of not functioning.
- §1
- an unexpected omission
- §2
- an act that fails
- §3
- an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose
- §4
- a person with a record of failing
- §5
- loss of ability to function normally
- §6
- lack of success
- §7
- inability to discharge all your debts as they come due
- §1 · legacy_primary
- The condition or action of not functioning.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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