673 entries under noun topic. ×
| mistake(defeat, blow, slip, fault) | |
| nonsuccess(break, check, decline, ruin) | |
| weakness(ruin, slip, collapse, skill) | |
| adversity(trouble, ruin, defeat, blow) | |
| damp squib(expression, disappointment, flop, disillusionment) | |
| disregard(neglect, slip, mistake, breach) | |
| dissatisfaction(defeat, blow, distress, depression) | |
| faux pas(expression, idiom, decline, ruin) | |
| frailty(slip, weakness, skill, fault) | |
| inadvertence(disregard, slip, breach, lapse) | |
| ineffectiveness(weakness, skill, injury, shortcoming) | |
| laxness(disregard, neglect, carelessness, negligence) | |
| mess(decline, ruin, neglect, collapse) | |
| mishap(trouble, ruin, defeat, blow) | |
| nonobservance(crime, default, wrongdoing, misconduct) | |
| paucity(weakness, lack, failing, deficiency) | |
| rejection(defeat, failing, relationships, withdrawal) | |
| remissness(disregard, carelessness, negligence, inattention) | |
| scantiness(weakness, lack, failing, deficiency) | |
| thrashing(break, check, defeat, fall) |
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