| downfall(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, collapse) |
| drawback(defect, deficiency, imperfection, inadequacy, shortage) |
| due(noun, damage, balance, capital, credit) |
| due bill(noun, expression, shortage, discrepancy, required) |
| dues(noun, damage, balance, capital, credit) |
| duty(noun, damage, balance, capital, credit) |
| emptiness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure) |
| encumbrance(noun, damage, balance, capital, credit) |
| epact |
| exigency(noun, want, need, loss, reduction) |
| exiguity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure) |
| falling short |
| false step(noun, expression, decline, ruin, defeat) |
| faultiness(defect, deficiency, imperfection, inadequacy, shortage) |
| faux pas(noun, expression, decline, ruin, defeat) |
| fewness |
| fiasco(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, collapse) |
| flash in the pan(noun, expression, idiom, decline, ruin) |
| fortunate |
| fraction(noun, incompleteness) |