Exact Match:
- failed
- unable to meet financial obligations; "a failing business venture"
Synonyms:
- abortive,
- bankrupt,
- bootless,
- broke,
- broken,
- busted,
- destitute,
- failing,
- fruitless,
- futile,
- in receivership,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- inefficacious,
- insolvent,
- lame,
- manque,
- miscarried,
- miscarrying,
- of no effect,
- on the rocks,
- ruined,
- stickit,
- stillborn,
- successless,
- unfortunate,
- unsuccessful,
- useless
Related Words:
- manque
collapse - unfulfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition related words >
- insolvent
collapse
- unable to meet or discharge financial obligations; "an insolvent person"; "an insolvent estate" related words >
- bankrupt,
- broke,
- broken,
- busted,
- destitute,
- down-and-out,
- failed,
- failure,
- fortuneless,
- homeless,
- impoverished,
- in Queer Street,
- in receivership,
- in the gutter,
- in the red,
- indebted,
- insolvent debtor,
- lame duck,
- landless,
- moneyless,
- on the rocks,
- out of funds,
- penniless,
- propertyless,
- ruined,
- unsound,
- wiped out,
- without a sou
- abortive,
- bootless,
- crumbling,
- decrepit,
- disintegrating,
- failed,
- failing,
- fruitless,
- futile,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- inefficacious,
- infirm,
- lame,
- manque,
- miscarried,
- miscarrying,
- of no effect,
- poor,
- poorish,
- rotten,
- rotten at,
- stickit,
- stillborn,
- successless,
- unfirm,
- unfortunate,
- unsolid,
- unsound,
- unstable,
- unsubstantial,
- unsuccessful,
- useless
- broke
collapse
- lacking funds; "`skint' is a British slang term" related words >
- bankrupt,
- beat,
- beggared,
- broken,
- busted,
- dead,
- destitute,
- down-and-out,
- failed,
- flat,
- flat broke,
- hard up,
- impoverished,
- in receivership,
- indigent,
- insolvent,
- needy,
- on the rocks,
- on the skids,
- oofless,
- penniless,
- penurious,
- poor,
- poverty-stricken,
- ruined,
- short,
- stone-broke,
- stony,
- strapped,
- up against it
- abortive
collapse
- failing to accomplish an intended result; "an abortive revolt"; "a stillborn plot to assassinate the President" related words >
- barren,
- bootless,
- failed,
- failing,
- fruitless,
- futile,
- gainless,
- immature,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- inefficacious,
- lame,
- manque,
- miscarried,
- miscarrying,
- nonremunerative,
- of no effect,
- otiose,
- profitless,
- rewardless,
- sterile,
- stickit,
- stillborn,
- successless,
- unavailable,
- unavailing,
- unformed,
- unfortunate,
- unmatured,
- unproductive,
- unprofitable,
- unremunerative,
- unrewarding,
- unripe,
- unsuccessful,
- useless,
- vain
- destitute
collapse
- poor enough to need help from others related words >
- badly off,
- bankrupt,
- bereft of,
- broke,
- broken,
- busted,
- deficient,
- depleted,
- deprived of,
- destitute of,
- devoid of,
- divested,
- down-and-out,
- drained,
- empty,
- exhausted,
- failed,
- fortuneless,
- hard up,
- homeless,
- impecunious,
- impoverished,
- in need,
- in receivership,
- in the gutter,
- in the red,
- in want,
- indigent,
- innocent,
- insolvent,
- landless,
- moneyless,
- necessitous,
- needy,
- on the rocks,
- out of funds,
- penniless,
- penurious,
- poor,
- poverty,
- poverty-stricken,
- propertyless,
- ruined,
- stripped,
- void,
- without,
- without a sou
- bootless
collapse
- unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt" related words >
- abortive,
- barren,
- counterproductive,
- effete,
- empty,
- etiolated,
- failed,
- failing,
- fatuitous,
- fatuous,
- feckless,
- fruitless,
- frustrating,
- futile,
- gainless,
- inadequate,
- inane,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- inefficacious,
- inoperative,
- invalid,
- lame,
- manque,
- miscarried,
- miscarrying,
- nonremunerative,
- nugacious,
- nugatory,
- of no effect,
- of no force,
- otiose,
- pointless,
- profitless,
- purposeless,
- rewardless,
- sterile,
- stickit,
- stillborn,
- successless,
- unavailable,
- unavailing,
- unfortunate,
- unproductive,
- unprofitable,
- unremunerative,
- unrewarding,
- unsuccessful,
- useless,
- vain,
- wasteful,
- worthless
- aggravated,
- bankrupt,
- beat,
- broke,
- broken,
- burned,
- burst,
- checked,
- chipped,
- cracked,
- crazed,
- cut,
- damaged,
- destitute,
- deteriorated,
- embittered,
- exacerbated,
- failed,
- flat,
- flat broke,
- harmed,
- hurt,
- impaired,
- imperfect,
- in bits,
- in pieces,
- in receivership,
- in shards,
- injured,
- insolvent,
- irritated,
- lacerated,
- mangled,
- mutilated,
- on the rocks,
- oofless,
- rent,
- ruined,
- ruptured,
- scalded,
- scorched,
- shattered,
- slashed,
- slit,
- smashed,
- split,
- sprung,
- stone-broke,
- stony,
- strapped,
- the worse for,
- torn,
- weakened,
- worse,
- worse off,
- worsened
- useless
collapse
- having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully; "a kitchen full of useless gadgets"; "she is useless in an emergency" related words >
- abortive,
- aimless,
- barren,
- bootless,
- counterproductive,
- deleterious,
- detrimental,
- disadvantageous,
- disserviceable,
- effete,
- empty,
- etiolated,
- failed,
- failing,
- fatuitous,
- fatuous,
- feckless,
- fruitless,
- fustian,
- futile,
- good-for-nothing,
- harmful,
- hopeless,
- idle,
- impotent,
- impracticable,
- impractical,
- inadequate,
- inane,
- incompetent,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- inefficacious,
- inefficient,
- inept,
- injurious,
- inoperative,
- inutile,
- invalid,
- lame,
- manque,
- meaningless,
- miscarried,
- miscarrying,
- no go,
- nonfunctional,
- nugacious,
- nugatory,
- of no effect,
- of no force,
- of no use,
- pointless,
- prejudicial,
- purposeless,
- sterile,
- stickit,
- stillborn,
- successless,
- superfluous,
- unadvantageous,
- unavailable,
- unavailing,
- unfavorable,
- unfortunate,
- unpractical,
- unproductive,
- unprofitable,
- unpurposed,
- unrewarding,
- unserviceable,
- unsuccessful,
- unusable,
- unworkable,
- vain,
- worthless
- ineffective
collapse
- lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate; "an ineffective administration"; "inefficient workers"
- not producing an intended effect; "an ineffective teacher"; "ineffective legislation"
- lacking in power or forcefulness; "an ineffectual ruler"; "like an unable phoenix in hot ashes" related words >
- abortive,
- aimless,
- barren,
- bootless,
- counterproductive,
- effete,
- emasculate,
- empty,
- etiolated,
- failed,
- failing,
- fatuitous,
- fatuous,
- featherweight,
- feckless,
- forceless,
- fruitless,
- futile,
- ill-qualified,
- impotent,
- inadequate,
- inane,
- incapable,
- incapable of,
- incompetent,
- ineffectual,
- inefficacious,
- inefficient,
- inept,
- inferior,
- inoperative,
- invalid,
- invertebrate,
- lame,
- lightweight,
- maladjusted,
- manque,
- meaningless,
- miscarried,
- miscarrying,
- no go,
- no-account,
- not equal to,
- not up to,
- nugacious,
- nugatory,
- of no account,
- of no effect,
- of no force,
- of no use,
- pointless,
- powerless,
- purposeless,
- spineless,
- sterile,
- stickit,
- stillborn,
- successless,
- superfluous,
- unable,
- unable to,
- unadapted,
- unadjusted,
- unauthoritative,
- unavailable,
- unavailing,
- unendowed,
- unequipped,
- unfit,
- unfitted,
- unfortunate,
- ungifted,
- unproductive,
- unqualified,
- unsuccessful,
- untalented,
- useless,
- vain,
- weak,
- without any weight,
- worthless
- stillborn
collapse
- (of newborn infant) showing no signs of life at birth; not liveborn; "a stillborn baby" related words >
- abortive,
- asleep,
- asleep in Jesus,
- at rest,
- bearing,
- bereft of life,
- bootless,
- born,
- breathless,
- called home,
- calved,
- carrion,
- cast,
- croaked,
- dead,
- dead and gone,
- death-struck,
- deceased,
- defunct,
- demised,
- departed,
- departed this life,
- destitute of life,
- done for,
- dropped,
- exanimate,
- failed,
- failing,
- fallen,
- finished,
- foaled,
- food for worms,
- fruitless,
- futile,
- given birth,
- giving birth,
- gone,
- gone to glory,
- gone west,
- hatched,
- inanimate,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- inefficacious,
- lame,
- late,
- late lamented,
- launched into eternity,
- lifeless,
- manque,
- martyred,
- miscarried,
- miscarrying,
- nee,
- newborn,
- no more,
- of no effect,
- passed on,
- pushing up daisies,
- released,
- reposing,
- resting easy,
- sainted,
- sleeping,
- smitten with death,
- stickit,
- still,
- successless,
- taken away,
- taken off,
- unfortunate,
- unsuccessful,
- useless,
- whelped,
- with the Lord,
- with the saints,
- without life,
- without vital functions
- abortive,
- acarpous,
- arid,
- barren,
- bootless,
- celibate,
- childless,
- counterproductive,
- desert,
- desolate,
- drained,
- dried-up,
- dry,
- effete,
- empty,
- etiolated,
- exhausted,
- failed,
- failing,
- fallow,
- fatuitous,
- fatuous,
- feckless,
- foiled,
- frustrated,
- futile,
- gainless,
- gaunt,
- gelded,
- idle,
- impotent,
- inadequate,
- inane,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- inefficacious,
- infecund,
- infertile,
- inoperative,
- invalid,
- issueless,
- jejune,
- lame,
- leached,
- manque,
- menopausal,
- miscarried,
- miscarrying,
- nonfertile,
- nonproducing,
- nonproductive,
- nonprolific,
- nonremunerative,
- nugacious,
- nugatory,
- of no effect,
- of no force,
- otiose,
- pointless,
- profitless,
- rewardless,
- sine prole,
- sterile,
- stickit,
- stillborn,
- successless,
- sucked dry,
- teemless,
- thwarted,
- unavailable,
- unavailing,
- uncultivated,
- unfertile,
- unfortunate,
- unfruitful,
- unplowed,
- unproductive,
- unprofitable,
- unprolific,
- unremunerative,
- unrewarding,
- unsown,
- unsuccessful,
- untilled,
- useless,
- vain,
- virgin,
- waste,
- wasted,
- without issue,
- worthless
- lame
collapse
- a fabric interwoven with threads of metal; "she wore a gold lame dress" related words >
- abortive,
- awkward,
- bad,
- bootless,
- bugger,
- burden,
- castrate,
- castrated,
- clumsy,
- cramp,
- cripple,
- crippled,
- cumber,
- de-energize,
- debilitate,
- disable,
- disabled,
- disenable,
- drain,
- emasculate,
- emasculated,
- embarrass,
- encumber,
- enfeeble,
- enmesh,
- ensnarl,
- entangle,
- entoil,
- entrammel,
- entrap,
- entwine,
- failed,
- failing,
- feeble,
- fetter,
- flimsy,
- fruitless,
- futile,
- game,
- half-baked,
- halt,
- halting,
- hamper,
- hamstring,
- hamstrung,
- handicap,
- handicapped,
- hobble,
- hobbled,
- hobbling,
- hors de combat,
- impaired,
- impede,
- inactivate,
- incapacitate,
- incapacitated,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- inefficacious,
- involve,
- kibosh,
- lime,
- limping,
- lumber,
- maim,
- maimed,
- manque,
- miscarried,
- miscarrying,
- net,
- of no effect,
- poor,
- press down,
- put,
- queer,
- queer the works,
- sabotage,
- saddle with,
- shackle,
- snarl,
- spavined,
- spike,
- stickit,
- stillborn,
- successless,
- tangle,
- thin,
- toil,
- trammel,
- unconvincing,
- unfit,
- unfortunate,
- unsuccessful,
- useless,
- weak,
- weaken,
- weigh down,
- wing,
- wreck
- against,
- baffled,
- balked,
- beefing,
- bellyaching,
- betrayed,
- bilked,
- bitching,
- blase,
- blasted,
- blighted,
- chapfallen,
- complaining,
- complaintful,
- con,
- crabbing,
- crabby,
- cranky,
- crestfallen,
- croaking,
- crossed,
- crushed,
- dashed,
- defeated,
- dejected,
- disabused,
- disapprobatory,
- disapproving,
- discontented,
- discouraged,
- disenchanted,
- disgruntled,
- disheartened,
- dished,
- disillusioned,
- displeased,
- dissatisfied,
- dissenting,
- downcast,
- downhearted,
- enlightened,
- envious,
- failed,
- faultfinding,
- foiled,
- frustrated,
- griping,
- grouchy,
- grousing,
- growling,
- grumbling,
- ill done-by,
- ill-served,
- indignant,
- let down,
- low,
- malcontent,
- malcontented,
- murmuring,
- muttering,
- opposed,
- opposing,
- out of countenance,
- out of humor,
- peevish,
- petulant,
- poor,
- put straight,
- querulant,
- querulous,
- rebellious,
- regretful,
- resentful,
- restive,
- restless,
- robbed of illusion,
- saddened,
- set right,
- sophisticated,
- sorely disappointed,
- soured,
- sulky,
- thwarted,
- turned-off,
- unaccepting,
- unaccommodating,
- unappreciative,
- unapproving,
- uncharmed,
- uncomplimentary,
- undeceived,
- undone,
- uneasy,
- unfavorable,
- unfulfilled,
- ungratified,
- unhappy,
- unsatisfied,
- unspelled,
- whiny
- abortive,
- acarpous,
- aimless,
- arid,
- barren,
- bootless,
- borne,
- celibate,
- childless,
- counterproductive,
- desert,
- desolate,
- drained,
- dried-up,
- dry,
- effete,
- emasculate,
- empty,
- etiolated,
- exhausted,
- failed,
- failing,
- fallow,
- fatuitous,
- fatuous,
- featherweight,
- feckless,
- forceless,
- fruitless,
- futile,
- gaunt,
- gelded,
- ill-qualified,
- impotent,
- inadequate,
- inane,
- incapable,
- incompetent,
- ineffective,
- inefficacious,
- inefficient,
- infecund,
- infertile,
- inoperative,
- invalid,
- invertebrate,
- issueless,
- jejune,
- lame,
- leached,
- lightweight,
- limited,
- maladjusted,
- manque,
- mean,
- meaningless,
- menopausal,
- miscarried,
- miscarrying,
- narrow,
- no go,
- no-account,
- nonfertile,
- nonproducing,
- nonproductive,
- nonprolific,
- not equal to,
- not up to,
- nugacious,
- nugatory,
- of no account,
- of no effect,
- of no force,
- of no use,
- paltry,
- pointless,
- powerless,
- purposeless,
- set,
- sine prole,
- small,
- spineless,
- sterile,
- stickit,
- stillborn,
- successless,
- sucked dry,
- superfluous,
- teemless,
- unable,
- unadapted,
- unadjusted,
- unauthoritative,
- unavailable,
- unavailing,
- uncultivated,
- unequipped,
- unfertile,
- unfit,
- unfitted,
- unfortunate,
- unfruitful,
- unplowed,
- unproductive,
- unprolific,
- unqualified,
- unsown,
- unsuccessful,
- untilled,
- useless,
- vain,
- virgin,
- waste,
- wasted,
- weak,
- without any weight,
- without issue
- bankrupt
collapse
- someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts
- financially ruined; "a bankrupt company"; "the company went belly-up"
- reduce to bankruptcy; "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him" related words >
- almsman,
- almswoman,
- also-ran,
- ausgespielt,
- bankrupt in,
- bare,
- bare of,
- beggar,
- bereft of,
- blasted,
- blighted,
- break,
- broke,
- broken,
- bust,
- busted,
- casual,
- charity case,
- denudate,
- denude,
- denuded of,
- deprive,
- deprived of,
- desolated,
- destitute,
- destitute of,
- destroyed,
- devastated,
- devoid of,
- dilapidate,
- dismantle,
- disrobe,
- divest,
- done for,
- done in,
- down-and-out,
- down-and-outer,
- drain,
- draw,
- draw down,
- dud,
- empty of,
- exhaust,
- failed,
- failure,
- fallen,
- false alarm,
- finished,
- flop,
- fold up,
- for want of,
- forlorn of,
- fortuneless,
- gone to pot,
- hardcase,
- homeless,
- impair,
- impoverish,
- in default of,
- in receivership,
- in ruins,
- in the gutter,
- in the red,
- in want of,
- incapacitate,
- indigent,
- insolvent,
- insolvent debtor,
- irremediable,
- kaput,
- lacking,
- lame duck,
- landless,
- loser,
- missing,
- moneyless,
- needing,
- on the rocks,
- out of,
- out of funds,
- out of pocket,
- overthrown,
- pauper,
- pauperize,
- penniless,
- penniless man,
- poor devil,
- poor man,
- poorling,
- propertyless,
- ravaged,
- reduce,
- ruin,
- ruined,
- ruinous,
- scant of,
- scuttle,
- shipwreck,
- short,
- short of,
- shy,
- shy of,
- sink,
- spoiled,
- starveling,
- unblessed with,
- undone,
- unpossessed of,
- use up,
- void of,
- wanting,
- washout,
- wasted,
- welfare client,
- without a sou,
- wreck,
- wrecked
- all up with,
- ausgespielt,
- bankrupt,
- battered,
- beat,
- beat-up,
- beaten,
- beaten up,
- bested,
- beyond recall,
- beyond remedy,
- blasted,
- blighted,
- botched,
- broke,
- broken,
- broken-down,
- busted,
- confounded,
- crumbling,
- cureless,
- decrepit,
- defeated,
- derelict,
- desolated,
- destitute,
- destroyed,
- devastated,
- dilapidated,
- discomfited,
- done for,
- done in,
- down,
- down-and-out,
- dusty,
- failed,
- fallen,
- finished,
- fixed,
- floored,
- fusty,
- gone,
- gone to pot,
- gone to seed,
- hors de combat,
- immedicable,
- in receivership,
- in ruins,
- incorrigible,
- incurable,
- inoperable,
- insolvent,
- irreclaimable,
- irrecoverable,
- irredeemable,
- irreformable,
- irremediable,
- irreparable,
- irretrievable,
- irreversible,
- irrevocable,
- kaput,
- lambasted,
- lathered,
- licked,
- lost,
- marred,
- mildewed,
- moldering,
- moldy,
- moss-grown,
- moth-eaten,
- musty,
- on the rocks,
- on the skids,
- outdone,
- overborne,
- overcome,
- overmastered,
- overmatched,
- overpowered,
- overridden,
- overthrown,
- overturned,
- overwhelmed,
- panicked,
- past hope,
- past praying for,
- put to rout,
- ramshackle,
- ravaged,
- remediless,
- routed,
- ruinous,
- run-down,
- rusty,
- scattered,
- settled,
- silenced,
- skinned,
- skinned alive,
- slummy,
- spoiled,
- spoilt,
- stale,
- stampeded,
- terminal,
- time-scarred,
- timeworn,
- tottery,
- trimmed,
- trounced,
- tumbledown,
- undone,
- unmitigable,
- unrelievable,
- unsalvable,
- unsalvageable,
- upset,
- wasted,
- whelmed,
- whipped,
- worn,
- worsted,
- wrecked
- futile
collapse
- producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt" related words >
- abortive,
- absurd,
- airy,
- apish,
- asinine,
- bad,
- barren,
- batty,
- befooled,
- beguiled,
- besotted,
- bootless,
- brainless,
- buffoonish,
- catchpenny,
- cockeyed,
- counterproductive,
- crazy,
- credulous,
- daffy,
- daft,
- dazed,
- dizzy,
- doomed,
- doting,
- dumb,
- effete,
- empty,
- etiolated,
- failed,
- failing,
- fatuitous,
- fatuous,
- feckless,
- flaky,
- flimsy,
- fond,
- fool,
- foolheaded,
- foolish,
- foredoomed,
- fribble,
- fribbling,
- frivolous,
- frothy,
- fruitless,
- fuddled,
- gaga,
- goofy,
- gulled,
- hollow,
- idiotic,
- idle,
- ill-advised,
- ill-considered,
- ill-suited,
- ill-timed,
- imbecile,
- impolitic,
- impotent,
- improper,
- in vain,
- inadequate,
- inadvisable,
- inane,
- inappropriate,
- inapt,
- incongruous,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- inefficacious,
- inefficient,
- inept,
- inexpedient,
- infatuated,
- infelicitous,
- inoperative,
- inopportune,
- insane,
- insufficient,
- invalid,
- kooky,
- lame,
- light,
- loony,
- mad,
- mal a propos,
- malapropos,
- manque,
- maudlin,
- miscarried,
- miscarrying,
- moronic,
- nugacious,
- nugatory,
- nutty,
- of no effect,
- of no force,
- otiose,
- out of place,
- profitless,
- sappy,
- screwy,
- senseless,
- sentimental,
- shallow,
- silly,
- slender,
- slight,
- sterile,
- stickit,
- stillborn,
- stupid,
- successless,
- superficial,
- thoughtless,
- trifling,
- trite,
- trivial,
- unavailable,
- unavailing,
- unbefitting,
- undesirable,
- unfit,
- unfitting,
- unfortunate,
- unhappy,
- unmeet,
- unproductive,
- unprofitable,
- unsatisfactory,
- unseasonable,
- unseemly,
- unsuccessful,
- unsuitable,
- untimely,
- unwise,
- useless,
- vacuous,
- vain,
- vapid,
- wacky,
- wet,
- windy,
- witless,
- worthless,
- wrong
- unfortunate
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- a person who suffers misfortune
- unsuitable or regrettable; "an unfortunate choice of words"; "an unfortunate speech"
- not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune; "an unfortunate turn of events"; "an unfortunate decision"; "unfortunate investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned" related words >
- abortive,
- afflictive,
- apocalyptic,
- awful,
- awkward,
- bad,
- badly off,
- baleful,
- baneful,
- black,
- bodeful,
- boding,
- bootless,
- calamitous,
- catastrophic,
- cursed,
- dark,
- deplorable,
- depressed,
- dire,
- disastrous,
- dismal,
- distressing,
- disturbing,
- donsie,
- doomed,
- doomful,
- dreary,
- evil,
- evil-starred,
- failed,
- failing,
- fatal,
- fateful,
- foreboding,
- forlorn,
- fortuneless,
- fruitless,
- funest,
- futile,
- gloomy,
- graceless,
- grievous,
- hapless,
- hard-luck guy,
- hardcase,
- heartbreaking,
- ill,
- ill off,
- ill-advised,
- ill-boding,
- ill-chosen,
- ill-considered,
- ill-fated,
- ill-omened,
- ill-seasoned,
- ill-starred,
- ill-suited,
- ill-timed,
- impolitic,
- improper,
- in adverse circumstances,
- inadvisable,
- inappropriate,
- inapt,
- inauspicious,
- incongruous,
- inconvenient,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- inefficacious,
- inept,
- inexpedient,
- infelicitous,
- inopportune,
- intempestive,
- intrusive,
- irrelevant,
- lame,
- lamentable,
- late,
- loser,
- lowering,
- luckless,
- mal a propos,
- malapropos,
- malefic,
- manque,
- menacing,
- miscarried,
- miscarrying,
- miserable,
- mistimed,
- of evil portent,
- of no effect,
- off base,
- ominous,
- out of line,
- out of luck,
- out of phase,
- out of place,
- out of time,
- pathetic,
- pitiable,
- planet-struck,
- poor,
- poor unfortunate,
- portending,
- portentous,
- premature,
- regrettable,
- ruinous,
- sad,
- sad sack,
- schlemiel,
- schlimazel,
- short of luck,
- sinister,
- somber,
- star-crossed,
- starred,
- stickit,
- stillborn,
- successless,
- sure loser,
- terrible,
- threatening,
- too late,
- too soon,
- tragic,
- unbefitting,
- unblessed,
- underprivileged,
- undesirable,
- unfavorable,
- unfit,
- unfitting,
- unhandy,
- unhappy,
- unlucky,
- unmeet,
- unprofitable,
- unpromising,
- unpropitious,
- unprosperous,
- unprovidential,
- unready,
- unripe,
- unseasonable,
- unseemly,
- unsuccessful,
- unsuitable,
- untimely,
- untoward,
- unwise,
- upsetting,
- useless,
- victim,
- woebegone,
- woeful,
- wretched,
- wrong
- failing
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- failure to reach a minimum required performance; "his failing the course led to his disqualification"; "he got two flunks on his report"
- a flaw or weak point; "he was quick to point out his wife's failings"
- below acceptable in performance; "received failing grades" related words >
- abortive,
- arrested,
- bad habit,
- besetting sin,
- blemish,
- blind spot,
- bootless,
- bug,
- cachectic,
- callow,
- catch,
- comedown,
- coming apart,
- crack,
- cracking,
- crumbling,
- debasement,
- debilitated,
- decadence,
- decadency,
- decadent,
- declension,
- declination,
- decline,
- declining,
- defect,
- defection,
- defective,
- deficiency,
- deficient,
- deformation,
- degeneracy,
- degenerate,
- degenerateness,
- degeneration,
- degradation,
- demotion,
- depravation,
- depravedness,
- depreciation,
- derogation,
- descent,
- deteriorating,
- deterioration,
- devolution,
- disintegrating,
- downtrend,
- downturn,
- downward mobility,
- downward trend,
- drained,
- draining,
- drawback,
- drooping,
- drop,
- dwindling,
- dying,
- ebb,
- ebbing,
- effete,
- effeteness,
- embryonic,
- enervated,
- exhausted,
- fading,
- failed,
- failure,
- failure of nerve,
- fall,
- falling,
- falling-off,
- fault,
- faute,
- feeble,
- flagging,
- flaw,
- foible,
- found wanting,
- fragmenting,
- frail,
- frailty,
- fruitless,
- futile,
- going to pieces,
- healthless,
- hole,
- hypoplastic,
- immature,
- imperfect,
- imperfection,
- in arrear,
- in arrears,
- in default,
- in default of,
- in poor health,
- in short supply,
- inadequacy,
- inadequate,
- incompetent,
- incomplete,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- inefficacious,
- infant,
- infirm,
- infirmity,
- insufficient,
- invalid,
- involution,
- kink,
- lacking,
- lame,
- languishing,
- lapse,
- little problem,
- loss of tone,
- manque,
- marcescent,
- miscarried,
- miscarrying,
- missing,
- moral flaw,
- moribund,
- needing,
- not enough,
- of no effect,
- pale,
- part,
- partial,
- patchy,
- peaked,
- peaky,
- pining,
- problem,
- reduced,
- reduced in health,
- regression,
- regressive,
- retrocession,
- retrogradation,
- retrograde,
- retrogression,
- retrogressive,
- rift,
- run-down,
- sans,
- scant,
- scanty,
- scarce,
- scrappy,
- short,
- shortcoming,
- shriveling,
- shy,
- sickly,
- sinking,
- sketchy,
- sliding,
- slippage,
- slipping,
- slump,
- slumping,
- snag,
- something missing,
- stickit,
- stillborn,
- subsiding,
- successless,
- tabetic,
- taint,
- too little,
- underdeveloped,
- undeveloped,
- unequal to,
- unfortunate,
- unhealthy,
- unqualified,
- unsatisfactory,
- unsatisfying,
- unsound,
- unsuccessful,
- unsufficing,
- useless,
- valetudinarian,
- valetudinary,
- vice,
- vulnerable place,
- wane,
- waning,
- wanting,
- wasting,
- weak link,
- weak point,
- weak side,
- weakened,
- weakly,
- weakness,
- wilting,
- with low resistance,
- withering,
- without,
- worsening
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