Failure and Nemesis

Failure

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

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Nemesis and failure are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nemesis" instead a noun "Failure".

Nearby Words: fail, failing, failed

Nemesis noun - One who inflicts punishment in return for an injury or offense.

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Failure and nemesis are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Failure" instead a noun "Nemesis".

notable	notable failure	notable nemesis
special	special failure	special nemesis
complete	complete failure	complete nemesis
actual	actual failure	actual nemesis
Other adjectives: real, great, personal, ultimate, last, greatest, occasional, previous, aforementioned, biggest.

Glamour Failure: Nemesis has a spell to disguise himself as a human when he needs to be incognito.

Source: Comic Book / Nemesis the Warlock
Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: Emily has some kind of grudge against Bindy, even before the aforementioned communication failure.

Source: Literature / The Year of Secret Assignments
The Star Trek franchise finally ran out of steam with the failure of Star Trek: Enterprise and the movie Star Trek: Nemesis.

Source: Useful Notes / The Oughts

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