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Synonyms for failure:


noun lack of success

bankruptcy
breakdown
collapse
decline
defeat
deficiency
deterioration
failing
loss
misstep
abortion
bomb
botch
bungle
bust
checkmate
decay
deficit
downfall
fiasco
flop
frustration
implosion
inadequacy
lemon
loser
mess
misadventure
miscarriage
nonperformance
overthrow
rout
rupture
stalemate
stoppage
turkey
washout
wreck
nonsuccess

noun person who does not succeed

disappointment
also-ran
bankrupt
bum
castaway
deadbeat
defaulter
derelict
dud
flop
good-for-nothing
has-been
incompetent
insolvent
loafer
loser
might-have-been
moocher
nobody
prodigal
turkey
underachiever
washout
lumpy
no-good
nonperformer

Examples of uses:

Always bouncing back and forth like a ball, from failure to failure.
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I'm a failure as a father, I'm a failure as a husband.
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The strike was a failure, the game was a failure and there was absolutely no hope for another miracle.
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Who says mechanics says failure, and who says failure says repairs.
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A failure as a man, a failure as a human being even a failure as a father.
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failure after failure, and all I need is one test run.
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It is now. failure will mean failure for all time.
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I know it's been a failure, a magnificent failure.
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Daddy always says the only difference between a success and a failure is that a success knows an opportunity when he sees it, and a failure doesn't.
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I feel like a failure — a failure as a mother, ergo as a woman and a person.
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Antonyms for failure:

win