Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

failure cost

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.61 in modern English

Syllables: fail-ure -cost
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

the costs that arise from the products/services not conforming to the requirements.

Example Sentences

"Inspection is never completely effective, so appraisal costs stay high as long as the failure costs stay high."

Questions

What does failure cost mean?: the costs that arise from the products/services not conforming to the requirements.

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