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Failure , 241. Failure
Army Bomb Plot attempted assassination of Hitler; his miraculous escape brought dreadful retaliation (1944). [Ger. Hist.: Van Doren, 500… Failure To Thrive , Children who fail to grow properly have always existed. In earlier times when many children did not survive the first few years, small or sickly chil… Kidney failure , renal failure Inability of the kidneys to excrete waste, as a result of kidney disease. Especially in advanced cases, as well as haemodialysis, treat… MTBF Abbrev. for mean time between failures. , MTBF Abbrev. for mean time between failures. A figure of merit for system reliability.
MTBF Computing mean time between failures bungle , bun·gle / ˈbənggəl/ • v. [tr.] carry out (a task) clumsily or incompetently, leading to failure or an unsatisfactory outcome: she had bungled every a… Defeatist , defeatist •fattist •unpractised (US unpracticed) •Esperantist, obscurantist •Anabaptist, Baptist •artist, Chartist •clarinettist (US clarinetist), co…
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