The phrase "amazing failure" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or event that, despite being a failure, is impressive or noteworthy in some way.
Example: "The project was an amazing failure, as it brought the team together and sparked innovative ideas for future endeavors."
Alternatives: "remarkable failure" or "extraordinary failure".
"What Alistair did was amazing and it makes it a bit easier to take but it was definitely a failure".
This sounds like amazing rewards for failure.
What I find amazing is the failure to learn the meta-lesson here, which is not to wade into such matters without being quite sure you know what you're doing.
To the Sports Editor: The only thing more amazing than the failure of N.B.A. scouts, executives and coaches to recognize Jeremy Lin's talent, leadership skills and court savvy, is the way he has immediately transformed a ragtag crew into a cohesive, spirited and unselfish team.
For their amazing feats of organizational failure, Mainichi Daily News, Express Newspapers and the Bulletin are each presented with a Regret the Error Award of Demerit.
In the end she raised a daughter who remains undaunted through the amazing ride of successes, failures, rises, falls, highs, and backbreaking lows, while facing life faithfully fearless, because of the woman who came before her who gave her a life.
Of "Great Failures... .., Jack Canfield, co-creator of "Chicken Soup For The Soul" said, "When you finish reading this amazing book, you will never let failure or fear of failure stand in your way again".
Anyone who believes in reality should be talking about how this "failure" was the amazing progressive success it really is.
I have to say, the persistence of the inflationista, eek! deficits! view despite year after year of failure — and the amazing effort put into making excuses for year after year of failure — are a wonder to behold.
