Failed state

noun

Definitions

1.nounA 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.

Synonyms

absolute state failure political vacuum losership dystopia nondevelopment abandoned property forsakenness desolation free state privation profitlessness

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