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| In general, '''failure''' refers to the state or ] of not meeting a desirable or intended objective. It may be viewed as the opposite of ]. | |||
| ==Commercial failures== | |||
| A '''commercial failure''' is a ] that does not reach expectations of success, failing to come even close. A major flop goes one step further and is recognized for its complete lack of success. | |||
| * For flops in computer and ], see ]. | |||
| * For company failures related to the 1997–2001 ], see ]. | |||
| * See also ]. | |||
| ==Other failures== | |||
| * For military disasters, see the ]. | |||
| * For events that were highly anticipated but either did not happen or turned out to be disappointing, see ]. | |||
| ==See also== | |||
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| ==Bibliography== | |||
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| * Charles Perrow, ''Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies'', New Tork: Basic Books, 1984. Paperback reprint, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1999, ISBN 0-691-00412-9 | |||
| * ] ''Born Losers: A History of Failure in America''. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-674-01510-X, ISBN 0-674-02107-X. | |||
| * Gay, Jared I. ''Enough Idle Chit-chat, Let's RPG!: An in-depth analysis of Toad's failures'' Some Place, Australia. ISBN 0-867-53090-X | |||
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