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"failure to launch" is correct and usable in written English.
It is usually used to refer to a situation in which someone, especially a young person, is unable to become independent and start living a full life as an adult. For example: John's parents were worried that their son's failure to launch would mean he would never learn to be independent.
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What we have is a failure to launch.
The Kings, while competitive most nights, suffered from a failure to launch.
And both rich and poor would suffer from a failure to launch a round.
This question pops up everywhere, underlying concerns about "failure to launch" and "boomerang kids".
It might look like a failure to launch or an inability to pull the trigger.
In America, however, the television pundits were still wrestling with the reasons for the Geordie singer's "failure to launch".
There's pretty Rosamond, self-absorbed but supremely strong-willed; and hapless Fred, who embodies the phrase "failure to launch".
Failure to launch, in front of an expectant sell-out crowd would likely signal Group C struggles.
Car loans and mortgages are largely out of the equation as the recession has resulted in "failure to launch".
A few years ago, she said, "students came up with a new term, F.T.L. -- failure to launch".
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Last year's catastrophic double-failure to launch the historical child sex abuse inquiry posed serious questions for Home Secretary Theresa May and her team.
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