fallimento

Definitions of fallimento
  1. noun
    an act that does not achieve its intended goal
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    bocciatura
    an act that fails
    abbarbagliamento, difetto, errore, fallo, mancanza, reato, sbaglio, sgarro
    a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
    negligenza
    failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
    perdita, smarrimento
    the act of losing someone or something
    recidività, ricaduta
    a failure to maintain a higher state
    macchia
    an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
    disorientamento, sfasamento
    a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another
    imbroglio, inghippo, mistificazione, pasticcio, pateracchio, storpiatura, tranello
    the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
    abbaglio, scappata, svista
    a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
    abbaglio, sbadataggine, scappata, svista
    a mistake resulting from inattention
    omissione, salto
    a mistake resulting from neglect
    animaleria, cantonata, cazzata, coglionata, farfallone, gaffe, granchio, sproposito, svarione
    an embarrassing mistake
    volantinaggio
    (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball
    delinquenza
    willful negligence
    bagatella, balordaggine, bambinata, bubbola, buffonata, burla, colpo di testa, ebetismo, follia, futilità, inezia, insensatezza, mattana, mattata, minchioneria, miseria, pazzia, ridicolezza, scemenza, scempiaggine, sciocchezza, stoltezza, stupidaggine, stupidità
    a stupid mistake
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    atto, azione, fatto
    something that people do or cause to happen
  2. noun
    an act that fails
    synonyms: bocciatura
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    perdita, smarrimento
    the act of losing someone or something
    recidività, ricaduta
    a failure to maintain a higher state
    volantinaggio
    (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball
    caduta, capitolazione, crollo, resa
    the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
    inosservanza, violazione
    a lack of conformity with law or custom or practice etc.
  3. noun
    inability to discharge all your debts as they come due
    synonyms: bancarotta
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    insolvenza, insolvibilità
    the lack of financial resources
  4. noun
    an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose
    synonyms: avaria, cattiva riuscita, disfatta, insuccesso, naufragio, perdita, scacco, sconfitta
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    buco nell'acqua, busto
    a complete failure
    malformazione
    something abnormal or anomalous
    cattiva riuscita, disfatta, insuccesso, naufragio, perdita, scacco, sconfitta
    an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
    rotta
    an overwhelming defeat
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    accaduto, avvenimento, caso, happening, vicenda
    an event that happens
  5. noun
    an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
    synonyms: cattiva riuscita, disfatta, insuccesso, naufragio, perdita, scacco, sconfitta
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    rotta
    an overwhelming defeat
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    finale, sorte
    event whose occurrence ends something
    avaria, cattiva riuscita, disfatta, insuccesso, naufragio, perdita, scacco, sconfitta
    an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose
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