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debacle(noun, break, trouble, end, check)
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defect(noun, upset, trouble, slip, weakness)
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deficit(noun, decline, ruin, weakness, lack)
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delinquency(noun, decline, disregard, do, neglect)
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fall(noun, break, drop, end, check)
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setback(noun, break, trouble, check, ruin)
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slip(noun, drop, ruin, defeat, fall)
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slump(noun, drop, decline, fall, decrease)
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abortion(noun, decline, ruin, neglect, mess)
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crash(noun, drop, decline, ruin, blow)
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fail
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letdown(noun, drop, decline, defeat, blow)
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negligence(noun, disregard, neglect, slip, mistake)
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nonstarter(noun, inferior)
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shortcoming(noun, weakness, skill, fault, mistake)
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trouble(noun, health, upset, ruin, defeat)
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bad luck(noun, expression, idiom, trouble, ruin)
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bummer(noun, defeat, blow, hindrance, flop)
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catastrophe(noun, trouble, ruin, defeat, blow)
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clinker(noun, flop)
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