massive failure

collocation in English

meaningsofmassiveandfailure

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massive
adjective
uk
/ˈmæs.ɪv/us
/ˈmæs.ɪv/
very large in size, amount, ...
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failure
noun
uk
/ˈfeɪ.ljər/us
/ˈfeɪ.ljɚ/
the fact of someone or something ...
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(Definition ofmassiveandfailurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That, too, is amassivefailure.
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Here was amassivefailureof mankind of terrible proportions.
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That indicates amassivefailureof government policy.
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There was a massive underspend and amassivefailure.
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The report suggests amassivefailurein management, operating and financial controls.
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That we cannot continue with methods that result in such amassivefailureto implement funds.
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There has been, and there continues to be, amassivefailurein moral and religious education.
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That is why there has beenmassivefailureand restraint in exercising these theoretical powers.
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My case is that themassivefailureis in foreign, not defence policy.
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It is wrong to suggest that the social security system depends on amassivefailureto take up benefits.
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It is a picture ofmassivefailurein spite of the promises made at the time of the 1979 election.
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That is amassivefailureof the scheme and it is no good his saying that there is more business in the south-east.
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A stock sale had been amassivefailureand results were equally bad on the field.
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It is small wonder that farmers talk of returning to the dog and stick and small wonder that we can expect amassivefailureof agricultural investment.
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Thismassivefailurein the energy sector is mostly attributed to prolonged negligence, inappropriate implementation, inefficiency and lack of planning.
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This caused the failure of the vertical and horizontal flight controls (rudder and elevator), and amassivefailureof numerous systems of the aircraft.
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