premortem
die on the vine
dead duck
another nail in someone's coffin
lay eggs
postfailure
nonfailure
fail
do-or-die
go out
miss the mark
fall down
fight a losing battle
even chance
go down the toilet
game over
lay an egg
attempted
in vain
go down in flames
autopsy
break
wither on the vine
omit
blow
fallibility
pressure point
the jug goes to the well until it breaks
weakest link
death by a thousand cuts
make-or-break
failingness
no-win
final nail in the coffin
unproof
only
fumblingness
halt
even odds
smashup
fiasco
lapse
miss
one strike and you're out
doom
postlapsarian
fallible
strike out looking
go nowhere
hair-trigger
take a shit
backfire
calculated risk
beef
unsuccessful
blamestorm
fall flat on one's face
nonfulfilment
turkey
waver
miscompose
misfire
goat rope
failure to prepare is preparing to fail
borkage
come to nought
flopdom
blow up in one's face
founder
blow up
not win for losing
Jesus nut
bomb
flop era
nonconcluding
repine
unattainment
kamikaze
barf
jinx
unsuccessfulness
thwart
luckless
fall on one's face
no-win situation
mis-
negativity thinking
self-defeating
stumbling block
be riding for a fall
backfiring
law of diminishing returns
run a risk
hit the skids
draw a blank
peril