near miss
flunk
failing
almost doesn't count
miss the mark
indictment
let the grass grow under one's feet
go nowhere
unsucceeding
close, but no cigar
goal
unpropitiousness
catch
inauspiciousness
gimmick
tryscoring
running target
underachieve
frustrated
defeated
underperform
discomfited
sophomore slump
thwarted
foiled
disappointed
close-run
strike out looking
misfire
come up from behind
Hail Mary pass
no screaming hell
failure
way out of a paper bag
miss
fat chance
slim chance
no-mark
underachievement
minislump
omit
behind
dog it
counterproductive
cold spell
unsuccess
bomb
shortcoming
velleitary
off one's game
off target
constipated
for the loss
sleeveless
unscorable
unlikely
bootless
futile
no-height
shortfalling
vain
scrape
fruitless
in the tank
squeak through
unsuccessful
outsider
nonsuccess
qualifying
difficulty
pass
passing
A for effort
adrift
copout
misperformance
not going anywhere
one strike and you're out
inability
run in
win by a nose
hiwaza
underwhelm
unprogressing
unfitness
fall back
down
unsurpassable
noncompetition
dead on the vine
edge
underperformance
luckless
lose
truck
patchiness
shortcomer

English words for 'an attempt which fails narrowly; a performance which falls just short of a certain benchmark'

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