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

English words for 'an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest'

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