unfail

Definitions

To undo or reverse the failure of; to return to an unfailed state.

nonstandard, uncommon

Examples

“Once an input stream has failed, it is very hard to "unfail" it. You can clear the failbit and take⟳ your chances, but that is pretty useless in practice. If you cannot tolerate failure, read⟳ the input file⟳ as a sequence of strings and then parse the strings.”

“[…] the problem with HUD running the Housing Authority has to be addressed, because you can't expect⟳ the agency that has failed, to unfail.”

“So-called failed states were perceived as breeding grounds for transnational violence, so great powers began to compete⟳ for the right to "unfail" them, to make⟳ or re-make their regimes to eliminate security contagion.”

“Trying to Unfail the Homeless Individual – Wibke Schniedermann.”

CEFR level