Meanings
noungovernment failure (countable and uncountable, plural government failures)
plural government failures
- countableuncountableeconomicsA situation in which a government intervention causes an economic inefficiency that would not exist in a true free market.
Translations
German Staatsversagen
- Staatsversagena situation in which a government intervention causes an economic inefficiency that would not exist in a true free market
Hungarian kormányzati kudarc
- kormányzati kudarca situation in which a government intervention causes an economic inefficiency that would not exist in a true free market
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APA
government failure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/government%20failure
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“government failure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/government%20failure. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “government failure,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/government%20failure.
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