Is being a 'failure' entirely dependent on whether or not someone was successful in accomplishing some sort of goal? There are plenty of people that might be co

Is being a 'failure' entirely dependent on whether or not someone was successful in accomplishing some sort of goal? There are plenty of people that might be considered non-failures that successfully engaged in behavior that was/is abhorrent and detrimental to society. Wealthy slave plantation owners wouldn't be considered 'failures' in that sense of the word. To me, it doesn't seem like failure is a useful binary metric in determining the worth of a person.