failers
People who flopped
Failers are people who fail—those who don't succeed at something or who fall short of expectations.
The word is uncommon, since English usually reaches for other constructions: people who failed, failures, those who didn't make it.
When failers does appear, it often carries a gentler tone than failures, emphasizing the attempt rather than the outcome: The course welcomes first-time failers to try again.
People who stop persisting
- defeatistsThose anticipating inevitable failure
- underperformersThose achieving below potential
- disappointmentsUnmet expectations' aftermath
- letdownsFailures to satisfy
strugglers · washouts · also-rans · unsuccessful · defeated · discouraged · fallen short · missed opportunities
People who leave early
- underachieversThose performing below capacity
- flunkiesSubservient assistants or followers
- repeatersThings that echo forward
- expelledOfficially removed or banished
remedial · probation · incomplete · withdrawals · dismissed · suspended · at-risk students · truants
Of formal establishments
- governmentAuthority over a state
- bureaucraticExcessively procedural
- organizationalRelating to structured arrangement
- structuralRelating to building framework
reform · accountability · oversight · negligence · mismanagement · dysfunction · collapse · inadequacy
Makes financially insolvent
- insolventUnable to pay debts
- liquidatedConverted holdings to currency
- startupsNewly launched businesses
- entrepreneursThose who launch ventures
ventures · shuttered · defaulters · loss-makers · underperformers · bust · folded · closures
quitters
People who stop persisting
- defeatistsThose anticipating inevitable failure
- underperformersThose achieving below potential
- disappointmentsUnmet expectations' aftermath
letdowns · strugglers · washouts · also-rans · unsuccessful · defeated · discouraged · fallen short · missed opportunities · unrealized potential
dropouts
People who leave early
- underachieversThose performing below capacity
- flunkiesSubservient assistants or followers
- repeatersThings that echo forward
expelled · remedial · probation · incomplete · withdrawals · dismissed · suspended · at-risk students · truants · holdbacks
institutional
Of formal establishments
- governmentAuthority over a state
- bureaucraticExcessively procedural
- organizationalRelating to structured arrangement
structural · reform · accountability · oversight · negligence · mismanagement · dysfunction · collapse · inadequacy · shortcomings
bankrupts
Makes financially insolvent
- insolventUnable to pay debts
- liquidatedConverted holdings to currency
- startupsNewly launched businesses
entrepreneurs · ventures · shuttered · defaulters · loss-makers · underperformers · bust · folded · closures · write-offs
failersachievers
Those who accomplish goals
winners · successes · accomplishers · victors · high achievers
- failed statesCountries lacking functional government
- failed delivery
- I failedDid not succeed
- failed attemptUnsuccessful effort at something
- failed testUnsuccessful examination attempt
- failed drug testDetected prohibited substance