The phrase "a string of failings" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a series of mistakes or shortcomings that have occurred over time.
Example: "The project was ultimately unsuccessful due to a string of failings in planning and execution."
Alternatives: "a series of failures" or "a chain of mistakes."
He was the first overall draft choice in 2005, tested and abandoned by a string of failing coaches.
No longer merely impulsive, he turned vigorously profligate — selling off the Welsh estate, investing in a string of failing businesses, buying apartments for friends in Paris.
It was not until the credit crunch and the ensuing crisis that the pendulum began to swing, if only temporarily, in the opposite direction when Brown was forced to belatedly nationalise a string of failing banks.
Gove's failure was not, the Tory logic reasoned, a rising attainment gap between poor students and their better-off peers; soaring numbers of unqualified teachers; radical agendas infiltrating state schooling in Birmingham; a string of failing free schools; or breaking a manifesto pledge by allowing large infant class sizes to rise by a staggering 200%.
The move has been welcomed by Melissa Mead, whose son William died in December 2014 from sepsis following a string of NHS failings.
Jeremy Hunt has apologised to the family of a baby that was let down in the "worst possible way" by a string of NHS failings before his death from sepsis.
Jeremy Hunt apologised to the family of William Mead, saying it was let down in the "worst possible way" after details of a string of NHS failings emerged in a report surrounding his death last month.
On Tuesday the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, apologised to the family of a 12-month-old boy who died following a string of NHS failings, saying they had been let down in the "worst possible way".
Yet, to date, the company has faced almost no repercussions, despite a string of corporate failings that led to one of the largest data breaches in history.
Almanza was appointed chief executive of the world's largest security company last month after Nick Buckles' shock resignation that followed a string of mishaps, including failing to supply enough staff for the London Olympics last year.
