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dismal failure

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meanings of dismaland failure


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dismal
adjective
uk /ˈdɪz.məl/ us /ˈdɪz.məl/
sad and ...
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failure
noun
uk /ˈfeɪ.ljər/ us /ˈfeɪ.ljɚ/
the fact of someone or something ...
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Examples of dismal failure


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The operation was a ' dismalfailure ' (p. 135).
This was an equally dismalfailure.
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The record is one of dismalfailure.
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Their policies have been a dismalfailure.
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That has been a dismalfailure.
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The pilot scheme was a dismalfailure.
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All we hear about is dismalfailure.
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We know the dismalfailure that followed its appointment.
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The man in his new place was a dismalfailure.
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In fact, the voluntary approach has been a dismalfailure.
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That is why the policy has been a dismalfailure.
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So far, however, it has been a dismalfailure.
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Their record is one of dismalfailure over many years.
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From both countries there has been a most dismalfailure.
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He had to tell them something about their dismalfailure.
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There is a notable lack of accountability and self-regulation has been a dismalfailure.
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There is much evidence of the dismalfailure to meet those aims and objectives.
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What a dismalfailure transport privatisation has turned out to be.
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How can he judge others when his own record is one of dismalfailure?
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I am glad that their attempt to make political capital was a dismalfailure.
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If that was its object, it has been a dismalfailure.
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Has not it been a dismalfailure, although it gives us no satisfaction to say it?
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So far, it has been quite obviously a dismalfailure, economically.
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As a policy, competitive tendering has been a complete and dismalfailure.
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It was a dismalfailure, but not because of any campaign against it.
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