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Failing of trendy company (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

infirm

'failing' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'trendy company' is the wordplay.
'trendy' becomes 'in' ('in' can mean fashionable).
'company' becomes 'firm' (firm can mean a company or business).
'in'+'firm'='INFIRM'

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for infirm that I've seen before include "Debilitated" , "Not physically strong" , "not so healthy" , "Feeble from age" , "Sickly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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