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