All insolvency synonyms

noun insolvency

• failure — an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
• breakdown — The breakdown of something such as a relationship, plan, or discussion is its failure or ending.
• inadequacy — Also, inadequateness [in-ad-i-kwit-nis] /ɪnˈæd ɪ kwɪt nɪs/ (Show IPA). the state or condition of being inadequate; insufficiency.
• deterioration — the act or process of deteriorating.
• rupture — the act of breaking or bursting: The flood led to the rupture of the dam.
• bankruptcy — Bankruptcy is the state of being bankrupt.
• implosion — the act of imploding; a bursting inward (opposed to explosion).
• 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.
• bomb — A bomb is a device which explodes and damages or destroys a large area.
• misadventure — an instance of bad fortune; mishap.
• deficiency — Deficiency in something, especially something that your body needs, is not having enough of it.
• wreck — any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of 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.
• decline — If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
• lemon — the yellowish, acid fruit of a subtropical citrus tree, Citrus limon.
• decay — When something such as a dead body, a dead plant, or a tooth decays, it is gradually destroyed by a natural process.
• stoppage — an act or instance of stopping; cessation of activity: the stoppage of all work at the factory.
• rout — a bellow.
• downfall — descent to a lower position or standing; overthrow; ruin.
• 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.
• misstep — a wrong step.
• collapse — If a building or other structure collapses, it falls down very suddenly.
• mess — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
• botch — If you botch something that you are doing, you do it badly or clumsily.
• fiasco — a complete and ignominious failure.
• 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).
• loss — detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery.
• 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.
• 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.
• defeat — If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
• bungle — If you bungle something, you fail to do it properly, because you make mistakes or are clumsy.
• checkmate — to thwart or render powerless
• nonperformance — failure or neglect to perform.
• 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.
• liquidation — the process of realizing upon assets and of discharging liabilities in concluding the affairs of a business, estate, etc.
• indebtedness — the state of being indebted.
• ruin — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
• false step — a stumble.
• faux pas — a slip or blunder in etiquette, manners, or conduct; an embarrassing social blunder or indiscretion.
• flash in the pan — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
• lead balloon — a total failure
• success — the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors; the accomplishment of one's goals.