7
mess(noun, failure, loss, misfortune, letdown)
7
misfortune(noun, help, defeat, favor, fail)
7
nonachievement(noun, failure, loss, misfortune, letdown)
6
bomb(noun, failure, defeat, loss, misfortune)
6
cock-up(noun, failure, loss, misfortune, letdown)
6
misfire(noun, failure, loss, misfortune, letdown)
6
muddle(noun, failure, loss, misfortune, letdown)
6
shambles(noun, failure, loss, misfortune, letdown)
5
loser(noun, person, defeat, failure, omission)
5
predicament(noun, benefit, agreement, fiasco, defection)
5
tragedy(noun, defeat, failure, disaster, omission)
4
frustration(noun, defeat, pleasure, failure, omission)
4
overthrow(noun, fiasco, defection, flunk)
4
blunder(noun, right, failure, fiasco, breakdown)
4
collapse(noun, fail, downfall, breakdown)
4
fail(noun, fiasco, defection, flunk)
4
nobody(noun, failure, person, defeat, loss)
4
nonstarter(noun, fiasco, defection, flunk)
4
poverty(noun, failure, defeat, loss, misfortune)
4
rout(noun, fiasco, defection, flunk)
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