673 entries under noun topic. ×
| inefficacy(defeat, blow, weakness, skill) | |
| infirmity(weakness, fault, shortcoming, hopelessness) | |
| infraction(dereliction, dereliction of duty) | |
| insolvent(person, bomb, disappointment, catastrophe) | |
| misery(trouble, hurt, ruin, blow) | |
| misfire | |
| misstep(move, decline, ruin, slip) | |
| muddle | |
| naught | |
| neglectfulness(disregard, neglect, carelessness, negligence) | |
| nonconformity(refusal, nonfulfillment) | |
| overlooking(slip, mistake, breach, lapse) | |
| poverty(decline, weakness, lack, deficiency) | |
| prodigal(person, bomb, disappointment, catastrophe) | |
| quitter | |
| reverse(break, check, decline, ruin) | |
| rupture(break, decline, ruin, halt) | |
| scarcity(weakness, lack, failing, deficiency) | |
| shortfall(weakness, lack, deficiency, shortage) | |
| smash(ruin, defeat, slip, collapse) |
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