| bankruptcy |
a condition of utter failure, ruin, or lack. [1/2 definitions] |
| bomb |
(informal) a failure. [1/4 definitions] |
| breakdown |
a failure to work or run correctly. [2 definitions] |
| bust2 |
(informal) a failure or flop. [1/4 definitions] |
| crucial |
very important; deciding the success or failure of something. |
| defeat |
the fact of being defeated; loss; failure. [1/4 definitions] |
| demerit |
a mark made on a person's record because of some fault or failure. |
| disaster |
a complete failure. [1/2 definitions] |
| fiasco |
an utter and shameful failure. |
| foul |
a failure to play by the rules of a game or sport. [1/11 definitions] |
| irregularity |
a failure to follow rules, customs, or usual ways. [1/2 definitions] |
| lapse |
a slight failure to meet some accepted standard. [1/5 definitions] |
| loss |
a failure to keep or continue. [2/5 definitions] |
| miss1 |
a failure to hit or catch something coming toward one through the air, or a failure to propel something so as to hit or enter another thing. [2/8 definitions] |
| misunderstanding |
a failure to understand correctly. [1/2 definitions] |
| non- |
a prefix that means "not," "not having," or "failure to." |
| nowhere |
failure or the state of not being known. [1/5 definitions] |
| rally1 |
to unite again or raise the spirits of after a disappointment or failure. [1/5 definitions] |
| strike |
a failure to hit a pitched baseball or softball into the fair part of the playing field. [1/15 definitions] |