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unfail

verb

Etymology

From un- + fail.

  1. derived from *(s)gʷʰh₂el-✻ — “to stumble”
  2. derived from fallō — “to deceive, disappoint”
  3. derived from *fallire✻
  4. derived from falir
  5. inherited from failen
  6. formed as unfail — “un- + fail”

Definitions

  1. To undo or reverse the failure of

    To undo or reverse the failure of; to return to an unfailed state.

    • […] the problem with HUD running the Housing Authority has to be addressed, because you can't expect the agency that has failed, to unfail.
    • So-called failed states were perceived as breeding grounds for transnational violence, so great powers began to compete for the right to "unfail" them, to make or re-make their regimes to eliminate security contagion.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for unfail. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA