#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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