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fiasko — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • failure noun The state of not achieving a desired or intended result.
  • fiasco noun A complete and often embarrassing failure.
  • flop verb To fall or drop down heavily and loosely.

Senses

fiasko is used for these senses in English:

  • failure State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.
  • fiasco A ludicrous or humiliating situation. Some effort that went quite wrong.
  • flop A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry.

failure — full definition

  1. noun The state of not achieving a desired or intended result.
  2. noun Not doing something that should have been done.
  3. noun The point at which an organ or system stops working properly.
  4. noun Someone or something considered unsuccessful.

Related Danish words