All failure synonyms

noun failure

• 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.
• failing — Slang. an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance: Their app update is a massive fail. the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way: His online post is full of fail. a person who fails in this way.
• deficiency — Deficiency in something, especially something that your body needs, is not having enough of it.
• deterioration — the act or process of deteriorating.
• defeat — If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
• bankruptcy — Bankruptcy is the state of being bankrupt.
• disappointment — Cape, a cape in SW Washington state, projecting into the Pacific Ocean on the N of the mouth of the Columbia River.
• flop — to fall or plump down suddenly, especially with noise; drop or turn with a sudden bump or thud (sometimes followed by down): The puppy flopped down on the couch.
• bomb — A bomb is a device which explodes and damages or destroys a large area.
• downfall — descent to a lower position or standing; overthrow; ruin.
• turkey — a large, gallinaceous bird of the family Meleagrididae, especially Meleagris gallopavo, of America, that typically has green, reddish-brown, and yellowish-brown plumage of a metallic luster and that is domesticated in most parts of the world.
• lemon — the yellowish, acid fruit of a subtropical citrus tree, Citrus limon.
• wreck — any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
• stoppage — an act or instance of stopping; cessation of activity: the stoppage of all work at the factory.
• rout — a bellow.
• misadventure — an instance of bad fortune; mishap.
• inadequacy — Also, inadequateness [in-ad-i-kwit-nis] /ɪnˈæd ɪ kwɪt nɪs/ (Show IPA). the state or condition of being inadequate; insufficiency.
• bust — a raid, search, or arrest by the police
• deficit — A deficit is the amount by which something is less than what is required or expected, especially the amount by which the total money received is less than the total money spent.
• frustration — act of frustrating; state of being frustrated: the frustration of the president's efforts.
• overthrow — to depose, as from a position of power; overcome, defeat, or vanquish: to overthrow a tyrant.
• stalemate — Chess. a position of the pieces in which a player cannot move any piece except the king and cannot move the king without putting it in check.
• checkmate — to thwart or render powerless
• mess — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
• miscarriage — the expulsion of a fetus before it is viable, especially between the third and seventh months of pregnancy; spontaneous abortion. Compare abortion (def 1).
• rupture — the act of breaking or bursting: The flood led to the rupture of the dam.
• decay — When something such as a dead body, a dead plant, or a tooth decays, it is gradually destroyed by a natural process.
• botch — If you botch something that you are doing, you do it badly or clumsily.
• abortion — If a woman has an abortion, she ends her pregnancy deliberately so that the baby is not born alive.
• loser — a person, team, nation, etc., that loses: The visiting team was the loser in the series.
• fiasco — a complete and ignominious failure.
• bungle — If you bungle something, you fail to do it properly, because you make mistakes or are clumsy.
• nonperformance — failure or neglect to perform.
• implosion — the act of imploding; a bursting inward (opposed to explosion).
• washout — a washing out of earth, gravel, etc., by water, as from an embankment or a roadway by heavy rain or by a flash flood.
• also-ran — If you describe someone as an also-ran, you mean that they have been or are likely to be unsuccessful in a contest.
• insolvent — not solvent; unable to satisfy creditors or discharge liabilities, either because liabilities exceed assets or because of inability to pay debts as they mature.
• bankrupt — People or organizations that go bankrupt do not have enough money to pay their debts.
• dud — a device, person, or enterprise that proves to be a failure.
• moocher — to borrow (a small item or amount) without intending to return or repay it.
• prodigal — wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure.
• derelict — A place or building that is derelict is empty and in a bad state of repair because it has not been used or lived in for a long time.
• incompetent — not competent; lacking qualification or ability; incapable: an incompetent candidate.
• beat — If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
• deadbeat — If you refer to someone as a deadbeat, you are criticizing them because you think they are lazy and do not want to be part of ordinary society.
• nobody — a person of no importance, influence, or power.