Failure
Failure noun - The nonperformance of an assigned or expected action.
Improvement
Improvement noun - An instance of notable progress in the development of knowledge, technology, or skill.
How words are described
| notable | notable failure | notable improvement |
| critical | critical failure | critical improvement |
| obvious | obvious failure | obvious improvement |
| actual | actual failure | actual improvement |
| Other adjectives: real, massive, big, great, serious, huge, consistent, wonderful, personal, dramatic, immediate, possible, final, greatest, recent, sudden, biggest. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Giving Kikwang his first taste of failure was supposed to help him learn some humility and that there was always room for improvement.
Source: Music / B2ST - Even when we got another Terminator villain in Terminator 2: Judgment Day, it could be forgiven because it was actually an improvement over the T-800, making it seem like Skynet actually adapted and learned from its previous failure.
Source: Franchise Original Sin / Film - While that film was the second highest-grossing in the series internationally, and series fans consider it one of the better entries and a massive improvement over the previous one, in the US it barely made back its budget, its failure driving the final nails into the series' coffin.
Source: Franchise Killer / Film
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