nonachievements

noun

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

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  1. defeats
  2. failures
  3. collapses
Noun
  • Your mind fills with all the defeats; all the anguish of mistakes made and opportunities missed.
    — Kristine Fischer, Outdoor Life, 16 July 2026
  • Then came consecutive defeats to Georgia and Georgia Tech, two losses under totally different circumstances that launched this downfall.
    — Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of defeats
Noun
  • The physics remain loose and unpredictable so plenty of spectacular failures await, but with one person doing the attempts at group coordination and inevitable screw-ups.
    — Jason Bennett, Arkansas Online, 19 July 2026
  • The study found that climate change could increase energy failures by as much as 500% by 2050 if future climate conditions are not considered when siting and designing energy infrastructure.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026
Definition of failures
Noun
  • Broadway has settled into parody mode after suffering some mega collapses.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
  • Thus, with gravity the ultimate winner of this cosmic tug of war, the star's core collapses, sending violent shockwaves rippling outward into the outer stellar layers, which are ripped away.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of collapses
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