If it worked, the mission would not be a total failure.

The second, while not being a total failure, had come far short of expectations.

That they are a near total failure should seem obvious by now.

I haven't had all that many total failures in my life.

Very often it meant the total failure of the thing taken over.

If you're asking me whether I would have rather followed a total failure, the answer is yes.

Web really needed to be doing something, anything that would make him not feel like a total failure.

If these people only realized it, he might very well be a total failure.

There was total failure of Law and order in these states.

Her attempt to become popular, to be more like them, had been a total failure.