- failure to reach a minimum required performance
"his failing the course led to his disqualification"

- a flaw or weak point
"he was quick to point out his wife''s failings"

- below acceptable in performance
"received failing grades"

- unable to meet financial obligations
"a failing business venture"

1. A failing short; a becoming deficient; failure; deficiency; imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault; infirmity; as, a mental failing.

"And ever in her mind she cast about For that unnoticed failing in herself." -- Tennyson.

2. The act of becoming insolvent of bankrupt.

Syn. -- See Fault.