Examples of 'failed state' in a sentence

Meaning of "failed state"

failed state - This phrase refers to a government or political entity that has become so ineffective and corrupt that it has lost control over its territory and the ability to provide basic services or maintain law and order. It describes a state of political and social collapse
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  • A state that has failed to meet the basic conditions and responsibilities of a sovereign government; one that has lost physical control of its territory, the ability to provide public services, etc.

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And a failed state is a danger to the world.
Moldova is very close to being defined as a failed state.
It is already a failed state being run by a bunch of criminals.
There is no consensus on the definition of a failed state.
Sells arms to every failed state in the world.
These are the typical characteristics of a failed state.
Another characteristic of a failed state is the departure of citizens.
Iraq was on the verge of becoming a failed state.
We do not have a failed state we have a hung parliament.
Zambia is starting to look like a failed state.
A failed state with nuclear arms is a petrifying prospect.
We will become just another failed state.
Sokovia was a failed state long before you blew it to hell.
We have made progress from being a failed state.
To call it even a failed state was generous.

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Zimbabwe is very close to being a failed state.
Somalia has been a failed state for a long time.
He also recognized a failed system and a failed state.
Instead it has become a failed state full of anarchy.
Not a failed state but failed cities and regions.
Mexico has been a failed state for years.
Yemen has many of the hallmarks of a failed state.
A failed state is usually in interregnum.
It may well be deemed a failed state.
If you are in that failed state you should be preparing to leave.
We are not attacking some failed state.
Lebanon is closer to a failed state than a well ordered democracy.
Within the framework of a failed state.
It is a failed state about to collapse.
Let us rehabilitate this failed state.
Iraq is a failed state and the country is falling apart.
No one dares call it a failed state.
The notion of a failed state has been criticized for many reasons.
Venezuela has become a failed state.
I will take a failed state over an even worse debacle of our making.
Somalia is widely regarded as a failed state.
Almost failed state.
Yemen is almost becoming a failed state.
Into a failed state.
Yemen has all the signs of a failed state.
It was a failed state that could not provide essential service to its citizens.
Tion of what we call a failed state.
Afghanistan was a failed state and remains one of the poorest countries in the world.
Mexico on path to becoming a failed state.
Somalia is a failed state which has been immersed in a violent conflict for over a decade.
So it would become a kind of failed state.
Venezuela is already a failed state with a militarized drug tyranny and terrorist rule.
You will only suffer in our failed state.
He defines a failed state as one that has lost both its effectiveness and legitimacy.
We now have a failed state.

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