673 entries under noun topic. ×
| inattention(disregard, neglect, mistake, thoughtlessness) | |
| incompetence(weakness, skill, shortcoming, inadequacy) | |
| indiscretion(slip, mistake, failing, error) | |
| licking(break, check, ruin, defeat) | |
| misfortune(trouble, ruin, defeat, blow) | |
| need(defeat, weakness, slaughter, lack) | |
| noncompletion | |
| nonfeasance(law, do, crime, default) | |
| relapse(drop, fall, deterioration, spell) | |
| rout(upset, break, check, decline) | |
| sin(slip, weakness, fault, mistake) | |
| slackness(disregard, neglect, carelessness, negligence) | |
| underage(weakness, lack, deficiency, imperfection) | |
| vice(slip, fault, mistake, failing) | |
| waterloo(ruin, defeat, fall, shock) | |
| weak point(expression, weakness, fault, shortcoming) | |
| break(verb, check, ruin, defeat) | |
| bug(weakness, fault, lack, failing) | |
| bum(person, bomb, disappointment, catastrophe) | |
| carelessness(disregard, neglect, slip, mistake) |
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