eventual failure

collocation in English

meaningsofeventualandfailure

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eventual
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪˈven.tʃu.əl/us
/ɪˈven.tʃu.əl/
happening or existing at a later time or at the end, especially after a lot of effort, ...
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failure
noun
uk
/ˈfeɪ.ljər/us
/ˈfeɪ.ljɚ/
the fact of someone or something ...
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(Definition ofeventualandfailurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That is a strategy usually doomed toeventualfailure, and it could potentially be a recipe for catastrophe.
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Race science, often explicitly but perhaps more often implicitly antisemitic, played a significant role in theeventualfailureof the emancipation process.
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Alzheimer's symptoms include a gradual loss of memory andeventualfailureof other body functions that are directed by the brain, resulting in death.
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That event, in a sense, contributed to hiseventualfailure.
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Theireventualfailurewas due to their being regarded as a sort of emergency measure and withdrawn once their favourable effects were felt.
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The constant legal struggle was a serious drain on the fledgling company's financial resources, and would be a major factor in the airline'seventualfailure.
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Failure to do so leads to memory leaks, in which the heap is depleted as the program runs, riskseventualfailurefrom exhausting available memory.
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The main reasons for theeventualfailurewere structural.
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This may result in risky decisions and even ineventualfailureof the bank.
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The rise of these new financial companies and how they were managed led to theeventualfailureof these new firms.
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Using this method, the site, the mechanical failure mechanism and the time toeventualfailuremay be determined.
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A pinhole in the copper sheathing will allow moisture into the insulation, andeventualfailureof the circuit.
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However, disputes within the coalition led to the expedition'seventualfailure.
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Overtopping or overflow of an embankment dam beyond its spillway capacity will cause itseventualfailure.
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This helped lead to theireventualfailureto get into the 2006 playoffs.
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The poor relation of father and son may have played a part in theeventualfailureof this marriage.
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A further analysis of the actuator showed corrosion on the inside leading to reduced mechanical strength of the actuator andeventualfailure.
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These factors, along with the addition of a fifth floor including restaurants and heavy restaurant equipment, collectively contributed to the building'seventualfailure.
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His anxiety over the exam andeventualfailureare a theme of the first series.
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This can lead to damage to surrounding bone and contribute toeventualfailureof the implant.
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