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Synonyms for failing

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineActions

failure to reach a minimum required performance

His failing the course led to his disqualification.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

flunk

Same sentence, swapped: His flunk the course led to his disqualification.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for failing as it is used in the sentence above.

weakness
passing
error

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Closest first: other actions words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

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