5
back-number
4
failure(noun, person, inferior, bomb, disappointment)
4
flop(noun, person, beat, failure, inferior)
4
loser(noun, beat, failure, inferior, bomb)
3
dud(noun, person, beat, failure, inferior)
3
lemon(noun, inferior, bomb, disappointment, catastrophe)
3
turkey(noun, beat, inferior, bomb, disappointment)
2
also-ran(noun, person, beat, failure, inferior)
2
antediluvian(adjective, dead, out, bent, antiquated)
2
behind the times(expression, adjective, idiom, current)
2
nobody(noun, beat, bomb, disappointment, catastrophe)
2
obsolete(adjective, vogue)
2
old hat(adjective, overfamiliar)
2
passe
2
underachiever(noun, beat, failure, inferior, bomb)
2
underdog(noun, inferior)
1
ago
1
anachronistic(adjective, dead, out, bent, antiquated)
1
antiquated
1
antique
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