45 entries under failure topic. ×

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flop(noun, beat, informal, inferior)
14
washout(noun, person, beat, defeat, blow)
12
lemon(noun, adjective, defeat, blow, informal)
11
loser(noun, person, beat, inferior)
10
bust(noun, adjective, person, defeat, blow)
9
bomb(noun, slang, disaster, disappointment)
9
turkey(noun, beat, inferior, bomb)
7
also-ran(noun, person, beat, inferior)
7
fiasco(noun, person, defeat, blow)
6
fizzle(noun, verb, defeat, blow)
5
bummer(noun, defeat, blow, mistake)
5
debacle
5
disaster(noun, defeat, blow, mistake)
4
miscarriage(noun, bomb, disaster, disappointment)
4
nonstarter(noun, inferior, loser, jalopy)
3
anticlimax(noun, disappointments)
3
false alarm(noun, expression, defeat, worry, blow)
3
has-been(noun, person, beat, inferior)
3
letdown(noun, bomb, disappointment, catastrophe)
2
bugbear
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