#nonaccomplishment__nonachievement  an act that does not achieve its intended goal
  supertype:  #human_action__humanaction__act__human_activity__humanactivity  something that people do or cause to happen
  subtype:  #failure  an act that fails
     subtype:  #failing  failure to reach a minimum required performance; "his failing the course led to his disqualification"
     subtype:  #naught  complete failure; "all my efforts led to naught"
     subtype:  #loss  the act of losing; "everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock"
        subtype:  #capitulation__fall__surrender  the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"
     subtype:  #backsliding__lapse__lapsing__recidivism__relapse__relapsing__reversion__reverting  a failure to maintain a higher state
     subtype:  #misplay__error  (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed
     subtype:  #out  a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball; "you only get 3 outs per inning"
        subtype:  #putout  an out resulting from a fielding play (not a strikeout)
           subtype:  #sacrifice  (in baseball) an out that advances the base runners
              subtype:  #sacrifice_fly__sacrificefly  a sacrifice made by hitting a long fly ball
        subtype:  #strikeout  an out resulting from the batter getting three strikes
           subtype:  #whiff  a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike
     subtype:  #nonconformity  failure to conform
        subtype:  #nonobservance  a lack of conformity with law or custom or practice etc.
     subtype:  #nonremittal__default__nonpayment  act of failing to meet a financial obligation
  subtype:  #mistake__error__fault  a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"
     subtype:  #blot__smear__smirch__spot__stain  an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"
     subtype:  #mix-up__mixup  a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; "he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw"
     subtype:  #incursion.mistake  the mistake of incurring liability or blame
     subtype:  #miscalculation__misreckoning__misestimation  a mistake in calculating
        subtype:  #boomerang__backfire  a miscalculation that recoils on its maker
     subtype:  #distortion  the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
     subtype:  #slip-up__slip__miscue__parapraxis  a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
        subtype:  #Freudian_slip  a slip-up that (according to Sigmund Freud) results from the operation of unconscious wishes or conflicts and can reveal unconscious processes in normal healthy individuals
     subtype:  #oversight__lapse  a mistake resulting from inattention
     subtype:  #omission__skip  a mistake resulting from neglect
        subtype:  #failure.omission  an unexpected omission; "he resented my failure to return his call"
           subtype:  #dashing_hopes__dashinghope__disappointment  an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone
           subtype:  #breach  a failure to perform some promised act or obligation
              subtype:  #breach_of_contract  a breach of a legal duty; failure to do something that is required in a contract
                 subtype:  #anticipatory_breach__constructive_breach  a breach of contract committed prior to the time of required performance
                 subtype:  #breach_of_the_covenant_of_warranty  a failure of the seller's guarantee of good title
                 subtype:  #breach_of_promise  failure to keep a promise (of marriage)
                 subtype:  #breach_of_trust  violation (either through fraud or negligence) by a trustee of a duty that equity requires of him
                 subtype:  #breach_of_warranty  a breach that occurs when an item is deficient according to the terms of a warranty
                 subtype:  #material_breach  a breach serious enough to destroy the value of the contract and to give a basis for an action for breach of contract
                 subtype:  #partial_breach__partialbreach  a breach that does not destroy the value of the contract but can give rise to a claim for damages
              subtype:  #breach_of_duty  a breach of due care
           subtype:  #copout  a failure to face some difficulty squarely
     subtype:  #blunder__blooper__bloomer__bungle__foul-up__fuckup__flub__botch__boner__boo-boo__booboo  an embarrassing mistake
        subtype:  #snafu  an acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: Situation Normal All Fucked Up
        subtype:  #spectacle  a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase "make a spectacle of" yourself
        subtype:  #bull  a serious and ludicrous blunder; "he made a bad bull of the assignment"
        subtype:  #fumble__muff  dropping the ball (in baseball or football)
        subtype:  #fluff  a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)
        subtype:  #faux_pas__gaffe__solecism__slip__gaucherie  a socially awkward or tactless act
        subtype:  #howler  a glaring blunder
        subtype:  #clanger  (British) a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate; "he dropped a clanger"
        subtype:  #misstep__trip__stumble  an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"
     subtype:  #ballup__balls-up__ballsup__cockup__mess-up  (British) something badly botched or muddled
     subtype:  #betise__stupidity__folly__foolishness__foolishnes  a stupid mistake
     subtype:  #revoke__renege  the mistake of not following suit when able to do so
  subtype:  #negligence__carelessness__neglect__nonperformance  failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
     subtype:  #dereliction  willful negligence
        subtype:  #nonfeasance  a failure to act when under an obligation to do so; a refusal (without sufficient excuse) to do that which it is your legal duty to do
     subtype:  #comparative_negligence__comparativenegligence  (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff
     subtype:  #concurrent_negligence  (law) negligence of two of more persons acting independently; the plaintiff may sue both together or separately
     subtype:  #contributory_negligence  (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence; in common law any degree of contributory negligence would bar the plaintiff from collecting damages
     subtype:  #criminal_negligence__culpable_negligence  (law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something with the same consequences)
     subtype:  #neglect_of_duty  breach of a (legal) duty
     subtype:  #evasion.negligence__escape__dodging  nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive"
        subtype:  #escape_mechanism  a form of behavior that evades unpleasant realities
        subtype:  #malingering__skulking  evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated; "they developed a test to detect malingering"
        subtype:  #shirking__slacking__soldiering__goofing_off__goofingoff__goldbricking  the evasion of work or duty
        subtype:  #circumvention  the act of evading by going around
        subtype:  #tax_evasion  the deliberate failure to pay taxes (usually by making a false report)

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