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colossal failure

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meanings of colossaland failure


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colossal
adjective
uk /kəˈlɒs.əl/ us /kəˈlɑː.səl/
extremely ...
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failure
noun
uk /ˈfeɪ.ljər/ us /ˈfeɪ.ljɚ/
the fact of someone or something ...
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Examples of colossal failure


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That has been the colossalfailure.
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Each one has been a colossalfailure.
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This was a colossalfailure, where cynical manipulation, massive corruption, and state terror derailed an expensive attempt to impose ' democracy ' from above.
Must we add one more colossalfailure to the mounting list?
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I propose to show that whatever policy they have pursued has been a colossalfailure.
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That was the approach to the problem 33 years ago and it proved a colossalfailure.
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It is quite wrong that people write off the experience of other countries as a colossalfailure.
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I do not believe it can be accounted for otherwise than by there having been a colossalfailure of leadership.
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In my judgment, this new housing administration, which is costing the country £122,000 per year, is a colossalfailure.
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That was a colossalfailure; it was a failure that would justify a very big programme of change.
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Why the colossalfailure; why the disaster after the last war, and what assurance can it give that the disaster after this war will not be far greater?
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Merely to leave private traders, monopolies or profit seekers in charge of the destinies of this or any other nation has proved a hopeless and colossalfailure.
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