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