failed attempts
- unsuccessfulNot achieving desired outcome
- setbackReverse in progress
- blunderFoolish, costly mistake
- stumbleLose footing momentarily
- misfireFailure to discharge
flop · fiasco · botched · bungled · defeat · rejection · frustration · near-miss · shortfall · crash · abandoned · scrapped · thwarted · foiled · doomed · retry · persistence · learning
- awkward momentsoops, cringe, embarrassment, yikes, awkward
- climbing narrativesfirst ascents, climbing expeditions
outcome
failed attemptssuccesses
Favorable outcomes achieved
achievements · accomplishments · victories · triumphs · wins
effort type
failed attemptsinaction
Deliberate nonmovement
giving up · surrender · resignation · quitting · abstention
certainty of outcome
failed attemptssure things
Guaranteed outcomes
foregone conclusions · certainties · done deals · fait accompli · slam dunks