Synonyms of failure

1 Syllable

bust, wreck, gaff, botch, rout, loss, ruin, bomb, mess, smash, flop, slip

2 Syllables

leanness, fiasco, goof-ups, fiascoes, turkey, meltdowns, goof-up, breakdown, dropout, breakdowns, error, pile-up, smash-up, undoing, bringdown, lapse, lemons, failing, defeat, misstep, bungle, washout, losses, decay, scantness, downthrow, laxness, slackness, downfall, unluck, lemon, cave-in, loser, losers, tightness, meltdown, errors

3 Syllables

repulse, defection, ineptness, also-ran, nonstarter, stagflation, deficit, tragedy, bankruptcies, shortage, disaster, nonstarters, stoppage, disasters, omission, overdraft, disownment, defections, implosion, frustration, nonsuccess, demise, abortion, haplessness, decline, comedown, vanquishment, checkmate, collapse, waterloo, scarceness, remissness, overthrow, bankruptcy, tragedies, scantiness, rupture, omissions, recreancy, debacle, elision, frustrations

4 Syllables

powerlessness, unluckiness, catastrophe, misfortune, delinquency, negligence, nonfulfillment, unfulfillment, miscarriage, preterition, noninclusion, deficiencies, disappointment, stalemate, disconcertion, receivership, casuality, deficiency, disenchantment, misplacement

5 Syllables

unlikelihood, inaptitude, inutility, destituteness, misadventure, tergiversation, incompetency, deterioration, nonperformance, inadvertency, discomfiture, infelicity, inability, inadequacy, infelicities, unpreparedness

6 Syllables

impossibility, unworkability, unfeasibility, unfortunateness, incapacitation, impossibilities, inattentiveness

7 Syllables

impracticability, unattainability