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failures to launch

failures to launch is the plural of failure to launch.

Meaning of failure to launch

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.

Questions about failures to launch

What is failures to launch the plural of?
Failures to launch is the plural of failure to launch.

Words near failures to launch in the dictionary

  1. failure to prepare is preparing to fail
  2. failure to thrive
  3. failureless
  4. failureproof
  5. failures
  6. failures to launch
  7. failures to thrive
  8. fain
  9. fainaigue
  10. fainaigued
  11. fainaiguer

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