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government failure

government failure noun: a situation in which a government intervention causes an economic inefficiency that would not exist in a true free market.

Noun

government failure (countable and uncountable, plural government failures)

  1. A situation in which a government intervention causes an economic inefficiency that would not exist in a true free market.

Forms of government failure

pluralgovernment failures

Questions about government failure

What does government failure mean?
Government failure means a situation in which a government intervention causes an economic inefficiency that would not exist in a true free market.
What part of speech is government failure?
Government failure is a noun.
What is the plural of government failure?
The plural of government failure is government failures.

Words near government failure in the dictionary

  1. government bonds
  2. government cheese
  3. government debt
  4. government expenditure
  5. government expenditures
  6. government failure
  7. government failures
  8. government formation
  9. Government Hill
  10. Government House
  11. government in exile

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