fail-safes

A form of fail-safe — That does not cause undue damage in the event of failure.

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of fail-safe
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of fail-safe
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APA

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Chicago

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