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A failure as a stateswoman? (4)

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I believe the answer is:

miss

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'a failure' is the definition.
(I know that miss is a type of failure)

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(Other definitions for miss that I've seen before include "Fail to catch" , "Damsel" , "Teacher" , "Fail to perceive" , "Shoot over" .)

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