4
sadness(noun, defeat, failure, loss, misfortune)
3
miscarriage(noun, defeat, failure, omission)
3
beating(noun, fiasco, defection, flunk)
3
calamity(noun, favor, boon, fiasco, defection)
3
cataclysm(noun, boon, fiasco, defection, flunk)
3
comedown(noun, rise, boost, fiasco, defection)
3
dead duck(noun, expression, idiom, person, defeat)
3
destruction(noun, defeat, failure, omission)
3
downfall(noun, ruin, fail, disgrace)
3
drubbing(noun, fiasco, defection, flunk)
3
misadventure(noun, defeat, favor, failure, luck)
3
mischance(noun, blessing, fiasco, defection, flunk)
3
mishap(noun, defeat, failure, boon, omission)
3
miss(noun, strength, advantage, fiasco, defection)
3
nonsuccess(noun, boon, fiasco, defection, flunk)
3
problem(noun, fiasco, defection, flunk)
3
retreat(noun, fiasco, defection, flunk)
3
ruin(noun, improvement, creation, fiasco, defection)
3
shortcoming(noun, defeat, benefit, point, failure)
3
unsuccessful person(expression, flop, frost, flivver)
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