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