Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)transitive
To neglect.transitive
Of a machine, etc.: to cease to operate correctly.intransitive
To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert; to disappoint one's expectations.transitive
To receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits.ambitransitive
To give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour.transitive
To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence.
To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent.intransitive