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

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

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