| miscarry(verb, fail, thrive, founder, backfire) |
| misfire(verb, fail, thrive, founder, backfire) |
| miss(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| miss the mark(expression, idiom, decline, fall, fail) |
| abort(fail, founder, backfire) |
| back wrong horse(expression, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| backfire(fail, founder) |
| backslide(decline, fall, fail, slip, founder) |
| be defeated(decline, fall, fail, slip, founder) |
| be demoted(decline, fall, fail, slip, founder) |
| be found lacking(decline, fall, fail, slip, founder) |
| be in vain(decline, fall, fail, slip, founder) |
| be ruined(decline, fall, fail, slip, founder) |
| blunder(decline, fall, fail, slip, founder) |
| break down(expression, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| collapse |
| come to naught(expression, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| come to nothing(expression, idiom, fail, founder, backfire) |
| decline(fall, fail, slip, founder, backfire) |
| descent |