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failure to launch

failure to launch noun: a young adult's inability to leave home and begin a self-supported life.

Noun

failure to launch (countable and uncountable, plural failures to launch)

  1. (idiomatic) A young adult's inability to leave home and begin a self-supported life.

Forms of failure to launch

pluralfailures to launch

Questions about failure to launch

What does failure to launch mean?
Failure to launch means a young adult's inability to leave home and begin a self-supported life.
What part of speech is failure to launch?
Failure to launch is a noun.
What is the plural of failure to launch?
The plural of failure to launch is failures to launch.

Words near failure to launch in the dictionary

  1. failure drill
  2. failure drills
  3. failure is the best teacher
  4. failure rate
  5. failure rates
  6. failure to launch
  7. failure to prepare is preparing to fail
  8. failure to thrive
  9. failureless
  10. failureproof
  11. failures

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