Usually means: Government unable to perform functions.
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  1. failed state: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. failed state: Collins English Dictionary
  3. failed-state: Wordnik
  4. failed state: Wiktionary
  5. Failed state (disambiguation), Failed state: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. failed state: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (failed state)

noun:  (politics) A state that has failed to meet the basic conditions and responsibilities of a sovereign government; one that has lost physical control of its territory, the ability to provide public services, etc.

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