failing

1. 1.

   below acceptable in performance

   “received failing grades”

   Similarunsatisfactory

Other forms of failing

plural

failings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about failing

What does failing mean?

failing means "a flaw or weak point". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in failing?

failing has 2 syllables: fai-ling. The stress falls on "fai". In IPA it is /ˈfeɪlɪŋ/.

What is another word for failing?

Close synonyms include weakness, flunk. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of failing?

The recorded antonyms are passing.

Is failing a common word?

failing is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with failing?

1 word rhymes with failing. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.