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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a real failure" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to emphasize the authenticity or severity of a failure in various contexts, such as personal experiences, projects, or goals.
Example: "After months of hard work, the project was a real failure, and we had to reevaluate our approach."
Alternatives: "a genuine failure" or "an actual failure".
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"I just think that was a real failure of judgment.
That's a real failure of the Democratic Party.
"It was a real failure by the clinic," the W.H.O.
It's a real failure of oversight by the district attorney's office".
And that to me is a real failure of the C-Suite.
"This is a real failure by the government and the military to leave so many people," he added.
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At Acme, Beth should have a threat of real failure — a salary cut, getting fired, stopping the project, having to fire or reallocate her team.
"There is a real market failure here–a failure of visibility, a failure of incentives, a failure of cooperation that has led to a very disastrous situation," he said yesterday in an address one day after the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged $100 million to research a possible AIDS vaccine in Africa.
But for those of us who have been given a head start and don't reach back to offer them a hand, the real failure rests with us.
SpaceX's record has been clear for over a year; the last real failure was in 2016, when on September 1 a Falcon 9 exploded on the pad during launch prep, apparently caused by a pressure vessel failure.
The one real failure is a miscast Eddie Marsan, a specialist in sad losers, as Welles's closest associate and equal, the haughty, confident John Houseman, one of the great figures of the 20th-century arts.
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