Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonsuccess
Noun
  • A day later, Fenerbahce dismissed Jose Mourinho, in part due to the defeat to Benfica in the Champions League play-offs.
    Carl Anka, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
  • With Fritz's defeat, there are no American men left in the tournament.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Was the specter of Cracker Barrel’s collapse and bankruptcy a mere fancy?
    Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Ultimately, at over 100 kilonewtons of force, the structure groaned under the force before one of the beams finally gave away in an intentional collapse that provided critical data for the study.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In May 2018, one of the funicular’s cars derailed due to a serious maintenance failure of its wheels, although the car did not overturn and no one was injured, according to Público, a Portuguese daily national newspaper.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
  • An incident report submitted to the state by Energy Transfer attributed the pipeline failure to a technician’s errors.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Nonsuccess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonsuccess. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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