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

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

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