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lead balloon

lead bal·loon
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [leed buh-loon]
    • /lid bəˈlun/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [leed buh-loon]
    • /lid bəˈlun/

Definition of lead balloon words

  • noun lead balloon a total failure 0

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Parts of speech for Lead balloon

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

lead balloon popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Synonyms for lead balloon

noun lead balloon

  • breakdown — The breakdown of something such as a relationship, plan, or discussion is its failure or ending.
  • loss — detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery.
  • misstep — a wrong step.
  • collapse — If a building or other structure collapses, it falls down very suddenly.
  • decline — If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.

adj lead balloon

  • bland — If you describe someone or something as bland, you mean that they are rather dull and unexciting.
  • lifeless — not endowed with life; having no life; inanimate: lifeless matter.
  • stale — not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
  • weak — not strong; liable to yield, break, or collapse under pressure or strain; fragile; frail: a weak fortress; a weak spot in armor.
  • dead — A person, animal, or plant that is dead is no longer living.

Antonyms for lead balloon

noun lead balloon

  • success — the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors; the accomplishment of one's goals.
  • win — to finish first in a race, contest, or the like.
  • increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
  • betterment — The betterment of something is the act or process of improving its standard or status.
  • improvement — an act of improving or the state of being improved.

adj lead balloon

  • living — having life; being alive; not dead: living persons.
  • spirited — pertaining to something that works by burning alcoholic spirits: a spirit stove.
  • rounded — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
  • uneven — not level or flat; rough; rugged: The wheels bumped and jolted over the uneven surface.
  • indefinite — not definite; without fixed or specified limit; unlimited: an indefinite number.

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