| disablement |
| dislocation(noun, drop, decline, failure, slump) |
| disorganization(noun, ruin, failure, crash, destruction) |
| downturn(noun, drop, decline, decrease, collapse) |
| drop(noun, decline, failure, slump, slide) |
| economic decline(noun, expression, drop, decline, failure) |
| embarrassment(noun, poverty) |
| emptiness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure) |
| encroachment |
| end(noun, ruin, collapse, failure, destruction) |
| exiguity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure) |
| faint(noun, ruin, failure, crash, destruction) |
| false step(noun, expression, decline, ruin, defeat) |
| faux pas(noun, expression, decline, ruin, defeat) |
| flash in the pan(noun, expression, idiom, decline, ruin) |
| flop(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, collapse) |
| folding(noun, ruin, failure, flop, downfall) |
| frustration(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, collapse) |
| futility |
| hard times(noun, expression, drop, decline, decrease) |