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market failure

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A situation in which the allocation of goods and services by a free market is not efficient.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: economics, sciences

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22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: շուկայի ձախողում (šukayi jaxoġum) — a situation in which the allocation of goods and services by a free market is not efficient
  • Catalan: fallada de mercat — a situation in which the allocation of goods and services by a free market is not efficient
  • Chinese Mandarin: 市場失靈 /市场失灵 — a situation in which the allocation of goods and services by a free market is not efficient
  • Czech: tržní selhání — a situation in which the allocation of goods and services by a free market is not efficient
  • Dutch: marktfalen — a situation in which the allocation of goods and services by a free market is not efficient
  • Estonian: turutõrge — a situation in which the allocation of goods and services by a free market is not efficient
  • Finnish: markkinahäiriö — a situation in which the allocation of goods and services by a free market is not efficient
  • Finnish: markkinoiden toimimattomuus — a situation in which the allocation of goods and services by a free market is not efficient
  • French: défaillance du marché — a situation in which the allocation of goods and services by a free market is not efficient
  • French: défaillance de marché — a situation in which the allocation of goods and services by a free market is not efficient
  • Galician: fallo de mercado — a situation in which the allocation of goods and services by a free market is not efficient
  • Georgian: საბაზრო ჩავარდნა (sabazro čavardna) — a situation in which the allocation of goods and services by a free market is not efficient
  • German: Marktversagen — a situation in which the allocation of goods and services by a free market is not efficient
  • Hungarian: piaci kudarc — a situation in which the allocation of goods and services by a free market is not efficient
  • Italian: fallimento del mercato — a situation in which the allocation of goods and services by a free market is not efficient
  • Polish: zawodność rynku — a situation in which the allocation of goods and services by a free market is not efficient
  • Portuguese: falha de mercado — a situation in which the allocation of goods and services by a free market is not efficient
  • Russian: прова́л ры́нка (provál rýnka) — a situation in which the allocation of goods and services by a free market is not efficient
  • Russian: сбой ры́нка (sboj rýnka) — a situation in which the allocation of goods and services by a free market is not efficient
  • Russian: фиа́ско ры́нка (fiásko rýnka) — a situation in which the allocation of goods and services by a free market is not efficient
  • Ukrainian: фіаско ринку (fiasko rynku) — a situation in which the allocation of goods and services by a free market is not efficient
  • Ukrainian: розлад ринку (rozlad rynku) — a situation in which the allocation of goods and services by a free market is not efficient