total failure
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftotalandfailure
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total
adjective
uk/ˈtəʊ.təl/us/ˈtoʊ.t̬əl/
including ...
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failure
noun
uk/ˈfeɪ.ljər/us/ˈfeɪ.ljɚ/
the fact of someone or something ...
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(Definition oftotalandfailurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoftotal failure
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It was atotalfailure.
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That way liestotalfailure.
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They were atotalfailure.
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It is atotalfailure.
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It may well be atotalfailure.
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It was a complete andtotalfailure.
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Quite clearly it was atotalfailure.
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These recipes have been atotalfailure.
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It was a gross andtotalfailure.
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It has been atotalfailure.
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It has actually been atotalfailure.
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In sport, privatisation is atotalfailure.
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There has been almosttotalfailure.
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Firstly,totalfailureto sense any part of a large obstacle dramatically changes the perceived position, or existence, of associated junctions.
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In some cases, the local context simply spits out the technology in the form oftotalfailure: the e-government system never becomes operational.
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On the humanitarian question, we have produced atotalfailure.
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The first is thetotalfailureof our foreign policy.
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Indeed, much evidence shows that it is atotalfailure.
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There has been atotalfailureto communicate.
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If this is not done, we risktotalfailure.
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Atotalfailureof natural justice has taken place.
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That was atotalfailureand just does not work.
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Otherwise, the measure will be atotalfailure.
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There is atotalfailureon debt relief.
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