NONACHIEVEMENT Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

nonachievement

noun

ˌnän-ə-ˈchēv-mənt

Definition of nonachievement

as in defeat

a falling short of one's goals a youthful drug addict who's headed for a lifetime of nonachievement

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Recent Examples of nonachievement Where some purists see an arbitrary nonachievement, others see a fun and worthy goal. — Jon Gluck, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2017

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Noun

Schumaker’s Cardinals went on to win the World Series by defeating his current employer in one of the most painful defeats conceivable for a franchise, or fans.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Sep. 2026
The Sox fell out of first place with the defeat and entered Thursday trailing the Guardians by a half-game.

— LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of defeat

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It is built the same way that the figure skater builds a routine or the running back learns to explode through a crack in the line—repetition after repetition, failure after failure, with no shortcut available and no machine that can stand in.

— Dan Rockmore, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
That makes preventing deployment and routing failures especially important as these fleets expand.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of failure

Noun

When Green Bay lost its 12-point lead en route to a blowout Sunday, the collapse revived alarm bells about the team’s ability to close out games.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 19 Sep. 2026
The department said eight units of an apartment building on Grace Avenue above the collapse were evacuated.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026

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