blow up
blow up in one's face
underimproved
unprogressing
nonembarkation
not going anywhere
unprosperity
kamikaze
growthlessness
misfire
noncompetition
nongrowth
skip a beat
undermodernized
bomb
nonfruition
go nowhere fast
nonprolongation
to no avail
volitionless
sapless
nonrenewal
nonculmination
unprogressed
ex-
nonadapting
undeveloping
let the grass grow under one's feet
underdevelop
nonretrenchment
unsucceeded
undermanage
underwhelm
die on the vine
underrestrain
go nowhere
nonsuccess
futile
go down the toilet
noninvincibility
fall down
unsustaining
unsustained
go out
unfulfillment
ill-formed
unnurtured
unartful
malfunction