failure (n.)
- also-ran
- arrears
- atrocity
- bafflement
- balk
- ballet
- bankrupt
- bankruptcy
- baseness
- beating
- blemish
- blow
- bomb
- botch
- breach
- breakdown
- buffet
- bug
- bust
- catch
- charade
- collapse
- comedown
- conquering
- conquest
- corrigendum
- crack
- crash
- crime
- culpa
- dash
- dearth
- deathblow
- debacle
- debasement
- debilitation
- decadence
- decadency
- decay
- declension
- declination
- decline
- defalcation
- default
- defeat
- defect
- defection
- defectiveness
- deficiency
- deficit
- deformation
- degeneracy
- degeneration
- degradation
- delinquency
- demotion
- depravation
- depreciation
- dereliction
- derogation
- descent
- destruction
- deterioration
- devolution
- dialogue
- disappointment
- discomfiture
- discontinuance
- disillusionment
- disregard
- dissatisfaction
- downfall
- downturn
- drama
- drawback
- drop
- drubbing
- dud
- duologue
- dying
- ebb
- ebbing
- enfeeblement
- enormity
- erratum
- error
- evil
- exhaustion
- extravaganza
- fading
- failing
- fall
- fatuity
- fault
- felony
- fewness
- fiasco
- fizzle
- flagging
- flaw
- flop
- foible
- foiling
- folding
- frailty
- frustration
- futility
- genocide
- giveaway
- happening
- hash
- hiding
- hit
- hole
- imperfection
- impropriety
- inadequacy
- inadvertence
- inadvertency
- inanity
- inattention
- incompetence
- incompetent
- indifference
- indiscretion
- ineffectiveness
- ineffectuality
- ineffectualness
- inefficaciousness
- inefficacy
- inferiority
- infirmity
- iniquity
- injury
- injustice
- insolvency
- insolvent
- insufficiency
- invalidity
- involution
- kink
- lack
- lapse
- laxity
- laxness
- lemon
- letdown
- licking
- littleness
- looseness
- loser
- loss
- maladroitness
- malfeasance
- masque
- mastery
- meagerness
- meanness
- mediocrity
- melodrama
- miracle
- mirage
- misapprehension
- miscalculation
- miscarriage
- misconception
- miscount
- misdeal
- misdeed
- misdemeanor
- misfeasance
- misplay
- misprint
- misquotation
- miss
- misstatement
- mistake
- misunderstanding
- misuse
- monologue
- morality
- muddle
- mystery
- neglect
- neglectfulness
- negligence
- nonaccomplishment
- nonachievement
- noncompliance
- nonconformance
- nonconformity
- nonentity
- nonfeasance
- noninterference
- nonobservance
- nonperformance
- offense
- omission
- opera
- outrage
- overdraft
- oversight
- overthrow
- overturn
- pageant
- pantomime
- pastoral
- paucity
- peccadillo
- permissiveness
- pettiness
- piece
- play
- playlet
- poorness
- problem
- procrastination
- quietus
- receivership
- regression
- remissness
- retrogression
- review
- revue
- rift
- ruin
- scantiness
- serial
- setback
- shabbiness
- shortage
- shortcoming
- shortfall
- show
- sin
- sitcom
- sketch
- skit
- slackness
- slight
- slip
- slippage
- slump
- smallness
- smash
- snag
- soap
- spectacle
- subjugation
- subnormality
- success
- tableau
- taint
- tantalization
- tease
- thrashing
- tort
- transgression
- trespass
- trimming
- trip
- triviality
- trouncing
- typo
- unconcern
- underage
- undoing
- unskillfulness
- uselessness
- vaudeville
- vehicle
- vice
- vulgarity
- wane
- waning
- washout
- weakness
- whipping
- work
- wrong
