licking
defeat
triumph
victory
battle
in vain
cliffhanger
lose
winlessness
nonsuccess
snatch victory from the jaws of defeat
winless
go wrong
fail
dead heat
miscarry
match made in hell
swing and a miss
disappointed
thwarted
foiled
unsucceeding
discomfited
defeated
frustrated
default
strike out
luctation
unbeatens
flop
dud
washout
take it on the chin
no joy
cooked
cough up
trench warfare
take the count
defaitism
fat chance
unsuccessful
unthrive
slim chance
slay
to no avail
fighting chance
lurch
attempted
skunk
-athlon
noncompletion
decision
consolation
lost
baffle
unlikely
bomb out
last burst of fire
nonconcluding
whitewash
foil
coronation
hollow victory
loss
unambitious
walk-over
push shit uphill
combat
ambitionless
heart attack
unended
make-or-break
whip
begeck
endinglessness
upsetter
victorious
luckless
yielding
old college try
unsuccessfully
win
winning
subdual
successlessly
last gasp
walkover
nonfailure
giving up
Hail Mary pass
unbeatable
surrender
close-run
winless
disappointed
thwarted
foiled
unsucceeding
discomfited
defeated
frustrated
cooked
unsuccessful
attempted
lost
unlikely
unambitious
ambitionless
unended
make-or-break
in vain
victorious
luckless
winning
unbeatable
close-run
in vain
unsuccessfully
successlessly
licking
defeat
triumph
victory
battle
cliffhanger
winlessness
nonsuccess
dead heat
match made in hell
swing and a miss
default
luctation
unbeatens
flop
dud
washout
no joy
trench warfare
defaitism
fat chance
slim chance
fighting chance
noncompletion
decision
fail
consolation
last burst of fire
nonconcluding
whitewash
foil
coronation
hollow victory
loss
walk-over
combat
heart attack
begeck
endinglessness
upsetter
yielding
old college try
win
subdual
last gasp
walkover
nonfailure
giving up
Hail Mary pass
surrender
lose
snatch victory from the jaws of defeat
go wrong
fail
miscarry
strike out
take it on the chin
cough up
default
take the count
unthrive
slay
lurch
skunk
baffle
bomb out
push shit uphill
whip
English words for 'an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest'
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