Failures

//ˈfeɪ.ljɚz//

Synonyms for "failures" (454 found)

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bankruptcy loser also ran also-ran antimasque arrear arrearage arrears atrocity audience success bad habit bafflement balk ballet bankrupt baseness beating besetting sin betrayed hope blasted expectation

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Noun(2 words)

loser bankruptcy

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downward trend drama dramalogue dramatic play dramatic series drawback drop drubbing dud duodrama duologue dying ebb ebbing effeteness endless task enfeeblement enormity epic theater erratum error evil exhaustion experimental theater extravaganza fading fail failing failure of nerve fall fallen countenance falling short falling-off false alarm fatuity fault faute felony fewness fiasco fizzle flagging flash in the pan flaw flop fly in the ointment foible foiling folding forbearance forlorn hope frailty frustration futility gasser genocide giveaway grand guignol grief guilty act happening hash heavy sin hiding hit hit show hole hope deferred human error imperfection impropriety improvisational drama inadequacy inadvertence inadvertency inanity inattention incompetence incompetent indebtedness indifference indiscretion ineffectiveness ineffectuality ineffectualness inefficaciousness inefficacy inexecution inexpiable sin inferiority infirmity iniquity injury injustice inobservance insolvency insolvent insolvent debtor insufficiency insufficient funds invalidity involution kink kited check laches lack laissez faire laissez-faire lambasting lame duck lapse lathering laxity laxness legitimate drama

Noun(1 words)

fail

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lemon letdown licking little problem littleness loose ends looseness loss loss of tone maladroitness malefaction malfeasance malum masque mastery meagerness meanness mediocrity melodrama minor wrong

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minstrel show miracle miracle play mirage misapprehension miscalculation miscarriage misconception miscount misdeal misdeed misdemeanor misfeasance misfire misidentification misjudgment misplay misprint misquotation misreport miss misstatement mistake misunderstanding misuse monodrama monologue moral flaw morality morality play mortal sin muddle music drama musical revue mystery mystery play naught neglect neglectfulness negligence never wozzer no go nonaccomplishment nonachievement nonadherence noncompletion noncompliance nonconformance nonconformity nonconsummation nondischarging nonentity nonexecution nonfeasance nonfulfillment noninterference nonobservance nonperformance nonrestriction nonsuccess offense omission opera outrage overcoming overdraft overdrawn account overlooking oversight overthrow overturn pageant panel show pantomime passion play pastoral pastoral drama paucity peccadillo peccancy permissiveness pettiness piece play playlet poor stewardship poorness problem problem play procrastination psychodrama quietus quiz show radio drama receivership regression relapse remissness retrocession retrogradation retrogression review revue rift rough edges ruin scantiness sensational play serial setback shabbiness short measure shortage shortcoming shortfall show sin sin of commission sin of omission sinful act sisyphean labor sitcom situation comedy sketch skimpiness skit slackness slight slip slippage slump smallness smash snag soap soap opera sociodrama something missing sore disappointment spectacle stage play stage show straight drama subdual subduing subjugation subnormality success suspense drama tableau tableau vivant taint talk show tantalization tease teleplay television drama television play theater of cruelty thrashing tom show tort total theater transgression trespass trimming trip triviality trouncing typo typographical error unconcern underage undoing unfulfillment unobservance unrigorousness unskillfulness unsuccess unsuccessfulness unutterable sin uselessness vanquishment variety show vaudeville vaudeville show vehicle venial sin vice vulgarity vulnerable place wane waning washout waterloo weak link weak point weak side weakness whipping word-of-mouth success work work of penelope wrong

Noun(3 words)

never-wozzer nonstarter unsuccessful person

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Don't dwell on your past failures.

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His ambition was blasted by these repeated failures.

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For all his failures, he did not feel so at all.

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There were 20 failures among 50 applicants.

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