The phrase "almost failing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where someone or something is very close to failure but has not yet failed.
Example: "After several attempts to solve the problem, I felt like I was almost failing the project."
Alternatives: "nearly failing" or "on the verge of failing".
His father wanted him to take up his own career, chemistry, but after almost failing the subject at Princeton, Mr. Rogers drifted toward his favorite subjects, politics and international relations.
But homosexual acts and same-sex marriage are against the teachings of the Catholic Church, and it seems to me that failing to acknowledge that central tension is almost failing to tell readers what the play is about.
You write regarding a review of "Corpus Christi" that "it seems to me that failing to acknowledge that central tension is almost failing to tell readers what the play is about".
England has been apologizing for the behavior of its players because of incidents in hotels and bars, and France has been saying sorry to its distraught fans ever since woefully losing to Tonga and almost failing to reach the last eight.
"What am I supposed to do, take them out of a failing school to put them in one that is almost failing?" Although the Department of Education has set up a phone line to answer questions about transfers, many parents have been told to call the schools directly to get more information.
Political factors delayed system development and it was implemented untested, almost failing.
Dr Dalton also looked at extensively drug-resistant, or XDR, tuberculosis, which is almost untreatable, failing to respond to back-ups to the back-ups.
The South Americans were repeatedly pummelled to the canvas by Barcelona's combinations, a 4-0 scoreline almost completely failing to reflect the level of their dominance.
He looked timid, almost, in failing to lift the top-spun return over the net and Nadal went a set up after just over half an hour.
In this context, the power failure was significant less for its scale than for the way it highlighted almost every failing attributed to the ruling coalition by its critics.
Tens of thousands of children have missed out on their first choice of secondary school this year as pressure on places mounts, with almost half failing to get into their top preference in some areas of London.
