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transgression(noun, slip, fault, mistake, lapse)
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trouncing(noun, break, check, ruin, defeat)
5
underdog(noun, inferior)
5
uselessness(noun, weakness, hopelessness, inability, helplessness)
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waning(noun, drop, decline, fall, deterioration)
5
want(noun, defeat, slip, weakness, slaughter)
5
wreck(noun, decline, ruin, blow, slip)
4
unsuccessful person(noun, expression, idiom)
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accident(noun, trouble, ruin, defeat, blow)
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balk(verb, disappointment, letdown, disillusionment, disenchantment)
4
bankrupt(noun, person, bomb, disappointment, catastrophe)
4
blunder(noun, ruin, defeat, blow, slip)
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calamity(noun, trouble, ruin, defeat, blow)
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conquest(noun, upset, break, check, ruin)
4
defalcation(noun, ruin, weakness, lack, loss)
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depression(noun, drop, decline, ruin, fall)
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discomfiture(noun, break, end, check, ruin)
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drop(noun, end, decline, ruin, fall)
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drubbing(noun, break, check, defeat, fall)
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futility(noun, hopelessness, inutility, impracticality, unfeasibility)
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