for lack of trying
miss
nondelivery
butchery
fight a losing battle
unflourishing
nondeliverance
futile
the game is not worth the candle
underman
fail
turkey
dud
luckless
noncompliance
underproduced
unattainment
wither on the vine
nonmaintenance
nonfulfillment
unadvancement
blow up
unsuccess
kamikaze
nonfulfilment
blow up in one's face
strike out looking
require improvement
attempted
dismal
misfire
push one's luck
unfulfillment
die on the vine
nonembarkation
nonconservation
the wheels fell off
miss the mark
misattend
sticking plaster
successlessness
failingly
inefficiency
spoil the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar
weedy
to no avail
flame-out
undersupport
nonsurvival
backfiring