3
fizzle(noun, defeat, blow, failure, mistake)
3
ill fortune(expression, difficulty, hardship, misfortune, accident)
3
incident(noun, action, act, thing, experience)
3
infliction(noun, hurt, damage, harm, disaster)
3
oversight(noun, slip, failure, mistake)
2
ball and chain(expression, idiom, trouble, concern, strain)
2
can of worms(expression, idiom, difficulty, hardship, misfortune)
2
ill luck(expression, idiom, ruin, catastrophe, misfortune)
2
kiss of death(expression, idiom, difficulty, hardship, misfortune)
2
on the skids(expression, idiom, difficulty, hardship, misfortune)
2
pain in the neck(expression, idiom, difficulty, hardship, misfortune)
2
problem(noun, bug, malfunction, holdup, snag)
2
reversal(upset, ruin, shock, destruction, surprise)
2
ruin(noun, trouble, hurt, defeat, evil)
2
slip(noun, trouble, ruin, defeat, blow)
2
total(noun, informal, smash, crash, hazard)
2
tough luck(noun, expression, idiom, trouble, difficulty)
2
tribulation(noun, collapse, woe, disaster, trial)
2
unluckiness(noun, shock, failure, disaster, catastrophe)
2
wreck(ruin, shock, collapse, failure, destruction)
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