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