20
flop(noun, beat, informal, failure, inferior)
16
failure(noun, person, reject, defeat, blow)
14
washout(noun, person, beat, defeat, blow)
12
lemon(noun, adjective, defeat, blow, informal)
11
loser(noun, person, beat, failure, inferior)
10
bust(noun, adjective, person, defeat, blow)
9
bomb(noun, slang, failure, disaster, disappointment)
9
turkey(noun, beat, failure, inferior, bomb)
7
also-ran(noun, person, beat, failure, inferior)
7
fiasco(noun, person, defeat, blow, failure)
7
misfire
7
toolbox(noun, person, individual, loser, moron)
6
clinker(noun, flop)
6
fizzle(noun, verb, defeat, blow, failure)
6
lead balloon(noun, expression, bomb, disappointment, catastrophe)
5
attire(noun, verb, put on, clothe)
5
bummer(noun, defeat, blow, failure, mistake)
5
debacle(noun, failure)
5
disaster(noun, defeat, blow, failure, mistake)
5
tog(noun, informal, put on)
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