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Failure Dictionary Thesaurus Wikipedia

Agent gets stuck

Agent is pathetic

Agent turns and runs

Agent blames others

Agent loses object (X)

Agent loses everything

Agent ignores opportunity

Agent considers giving up

Agent runs out of excuses

Agent makes a random guess

Agent’s plans are disrupted

Agent avoids responsibility

Agent starts to feel jinxed

Agent makes a critical error

Agent falls into an old habit

Agent repeats the same mistake

Agent succumbs to an addiction

Agent avoids high expectations

Agent plays the role of victim

Agent is tried and convicted

Agent misses a rare opportunity

Agent pretends to be successful

Agent anticipates a bleak future

Agent refuses to change course

Agent sets impossible expectations

Agent is filled with self-loathing

Agent suffers from a bad reputation

Agent starts to regret past choices

Agent invents a story that backfires

Agent tries to hide an obvious defect

Agent allows emotion to take control

Agent is unable to pass an important test

Afraid of success, Agent goes off course

Agent avoids facing an uncomfortable truth

Agent tries to re-live a time from the past

Agent refuses to question prior assumptions

Agent compensates for a sense of inadequacy

Agent is overcome by an unexpected obstacle

Fearing change, Agent forgoes an opportunity

Facing obstacles, Agent’s rationality falters

Agent finds reasons to put off the inevitable

Agent squanders the opportunity of a lifetime

Agent pursues a venture way ahead of its time

Agent is unable to make an important decision

Trusting intuition, Agent makes a reckless move

Agent refuses to adapt to changed circumstances

Agent is forced to live a more humble lifestyle

Agent is caught trying to escape responsibility

Agent faces consequences for not paying attention

Agent struggles to master a complicated instrument

Agent struggles to return to a former way of life

Agent tries to do too many things at the same time

Agent compromises an objective by talking too much

Agent gets lost in details and misses the big picture

Trying to conceal inexperience, Agent overcompensates

Agent becomes depleted and struggles to regain strength

Agent realizes certain dreams will never come true

Agent has doubts that become a self-fulfilling prophecy

Agent makes a little mistake that causes a large problem

Agent has a mental lapse in the middle of a complex endeavor

Agent makes an assertion that turns out to be completely false

Agent suffers hardship pursuing something that is beyond reach

Following a setback, Agent proceeds in a different direction

Agent discovers that a certain task is more difficult than expected

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