The phrase "and the failing of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the failure or shortcomings of something, often in a formal or analytical context.
Example: "The report highlighted the challenges faced by the organization, including the failing of its management strategies."
Alternatives: "and the shortcomings of" or "and the failure of".
It is both the charm and the failing of this warmhearted novel that O'Farrell seems far less interested in what purportedly drives the plot — the emergence of what's been hidden in a family — than she is in what's in plain sight: the highly particular details and habits of her characters, their ways of moving through the world.
The brothers share brie and butter baguettes while Ben tells Jerry of Laura Palmer's murder and the failing of the Ghostwood project.
With the closing of The Royal Hunt of the Sun, and the failing of his marriage, Carradine left New York and headed back to California.
In Anthony Burgess's The Wanting Seed (1962) homosexuality is required for official employment; Burgess treats this as one aspect of an unnatural state of affairs which includes violent warfare and the failing of the natural world.
The Space Hijackers have a 10-year history of using comedy and theatre to highlight the hypocrisies and failing of the system.
And that's the big failing of the stimulus bill.
What's left is mainly politics — complaints about the Defense of Marriage Act and the failings of the George W. Bush administration.
It reported News Corp.'s campaign contributions to Republicans and the failings of MySpace, which Murdoch acquired in 2005.
Since 2008, tuition rates have risen by more than half in Florida, Georgia and Louisiana.Atlanta exemplifies both the virtues and the failings of the South.
Speaking of Mr. Paul, here's what the libertarian had to say about the virtues of gold and the failings of fiat currencies last October.
Her time in charge will be remembered for forcing the issues of corporate tax avoidance and the failings of HM Revenue and Customs to the top of the political agenda.
