beat the odds
goodlessness
winlessness
fail
to little avail
do well for oneself
doomed if you do, doomed if you don't
deadbeat
unsuccessiveness
unsuccess
licking
ruin
succeedant
come through
fiasco
game over
winless
defeat
win
deliver the goods
result
unfavourableness
make
bad cess
unfavorableness
work out
luck
washout
semisuccessful
hot hand
inauspiciousness
manage
sad sack
succeeding
bring off
unpropitiousness
pull off
unsuccessfully
on one's side
carry off
negociate
winning
unsuccessfulness
nonfailure
borkage
favourable
unvanquished
let down