Effort and Failure

Opposite meaning words

Effort noun - The active use of energy in producing a result.

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Failure is an antonym for effort in work topic.

Failure noun - The nonperformance of an assigned or expected action.

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Effort is an antonym for failure.

Nearby Words: fail, failing, failed

special	special effort	special failure
obvious	obvious effort	obvious failure
actual	actual effort	actual failure
real	real effort	real failure
Other adjectives: successful, constant, massive, big, great, serious, huge, personal, possible, final, apparent, slightest, last, greatest, previous.

He is also a realist, and makes every effort to steer clear of the would-be squid hunters, correctly predicting that such an expedition can only end in failure.

Source: Literature / Beast
In the Escape Velocity: Nova continuity, the Moon has been strip-mined and Mars has also been colonized, but the colony never became big because the Terraforming effort was a failure.

Source: Colonized Solar System
In an effort to get to Captain Miller, Weir takes the form of a flaming Edward Corrick, the man in Miller's back story whom he had to leave behind in his greatest failure.

Source: Shapeshifter Guilt Trip

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