In dictionaries:
failed state
Government unable to perform functions.
failed states
Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy is a book by Noam Chomsky, first published in 2006, in which Chomsky argues that the United States is becoming a "failed state", and thus a danger to its own people and the world.
failed back syndrome
A condition characterized by chronic pain after back surgery.
failed supernova
(astronomy) An event that ends the fusion lifetime of a large and massive star. It is a partial type-II supernova, where the collapse process occurs, but no significant rebound occurs, and the nascent black hole swallows the incoming implosion resulting in no outbound explosion or subsequent light burst.
chivalry of a failed knight
The System Has Failed
the tenth studio album by American thrash metal band Megadeth, released on September 14, 2004.
When Genius Failed
When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management is a book by Roger Lowenstein published by Random House on October 9, 2000.
The God that Failed
a 1949 collection of six essays by Louis Fischer, André Gide, Arthur Koestler, Ignazio Silone, Stephen Spender, and Richard Wright.
Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet
a 1971 composition by Gavin Bryars based on a loop of an unknown homeless man singing a brief improvised stanza.
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