ultimate failure

collocation in English

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ultimate
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈʌl.tɪ.mət/us
/ˈʌl.tə.mət/
most extreme or important because either the original or final, or the best ...
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failure
noun
uk
/ˈfeɪ.ljər/us
/ˈfeɪ.ljɚ/
the fact of someone or something ...
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(Definition ofultimateandfailurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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But theultimatefailureof middle-class hegemony cannot be explained by isolated examples of disorderly conduct in the libraries.
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In this way, local government contributed to the liberals' popularity from the s, and underlined theirultimatefailure.
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Perhaps, as well as an introduction, the book needed an epilogue, to address thatultimatefailurehead on.
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Conflict is theultimatefailureof governance.
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Is the policy of taking what one can get for a short time —if it must result inultimatefailure—worthy of any serious consideration?
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The significance of the rise in inflation is surely that the risk ofultimatefailureis getting greater all the time.
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Let us be quite clear what we are aiming at in our future policy, or we are doomed toultimatefailure.
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Nevertheless, a number of factors during the following years contributed to the plan'sultimatefailure.
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Inultimatefailurethis will result in one or more breaks in the material.
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Later historians have described him, despite hisultimatefailure, as a man of considerable intelligence, learning and diplomatic skill.
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Although this deformation or weakening of the material is not the technical definition ofultimatefailure, the piece has failed.
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The government'sultimatefailurewas in not reestablishing confidence in the businesses that had been the source of distrust.
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He runs a very great risk of very heavy costs and ofultimatefailure, and therefore it is not a procedure which should be undertaken lightly or without good reason.
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Although the two services had divergent goals, this did not affect the expedition adversely; itsultimatefailureis ascribed to other causes.
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Once the material has reached its ultimate tensile strength it will elongate more easily until it reachesultimatefailureand breaks.
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Analysis of this zone deserves special notice because it is very helpful to predict the propagation of crack andultimatefailurein concrete.
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When the reinforced concrete element is subject to increasing bending moment, the tension steel yields while the concrete does not reach itsultimatefailurecondition.
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Ultimatefailureof repair mechanisms due to persistent and repeated ischaemic events is manifested as trabecular fractures that occur in the dead bone under functional load.
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Theultimatefailureof the homesteaders to find water in the cave spelt the end to the homestead but their efforts can still be seen in the cave entrance.
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