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The phrase "a minor failure" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a small or insignificant mistake or setback in various contexts, such as in work, projects, or personal endeavors.
Example: "Despite the minor failure in the presentation, the overall project was still considered a success."
Alternatives: "a small setback" or "a slight error."
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It represents a minor failure.
"Some people take pride in being bitten; I actually think it's a minor failure because if the dog is in a position where it feels it can bite you, you're not quite reading the situation correctly".
We'll leave you this Friday with this bit of video from our ace Media Monitoring friend Jon from News1News, which captures Glenn Beck reacting to a minor failure with his teleprompters.
The relative risk ratio of a tooth with a Hall PMC suffering a 'Minor' failure was 0.09 compared to a conventionally restored tooth.
However, there was a statistically significant relationship for the use of glass ionomer to restore Class II lesions and a 'Minor' failure (χ2 = 5.598, P = 0.018).
There was no statistically significant relationship between the use of glass ionomer for restoration of a Class I lesion and the risk of a 'Minor' failure (χ2 = 1.208, P = 0.272).
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If carried out correctly an inemuri is an honourable kind of minor failure, like having no time to eat lunch, or 200 unanswered emails.
Middlebrow is a harsh judgment: her stories of disillusion, personal betrayal, minor failure, and loneliness declining into death are too uncomfortable to have had a wide readership, but though their scope is narrow, beneath an immaculate mirror surface there are great depths.
Nick Barber, professor of pharmacy at the University of London, said: "When serious errors occur which cause harm to patients, it is often as a result of a series of minor failures at various stages.
Failure categories suitable for use in railway applications have been classified into three classes: immobilising failure, service failure and minor failure.
These were further subdivided into minor failure processes which include exfiltration, sapping, downstream toe bifurcation, and undermining of the downstream face.
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