Failure
Failure noun - The nonperformance of an assigned or expected action.
Ripper
Ripper noun - Something very good of its kind.
Usage example: the comedian's last routine was a real ripper, leaving the audience in those proverbial stitches
Both words in one sentence
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The failure to conclusively discover the Ripper's identity has made a large contribution to the case's fame, and it is one of the main Stock Unsolved Mysteries used in fiction.
Source: Useful Notes / Jack the Ripper -
My Greatest Failure: Reid actually has two: Failing to catch the Ripper and losing his daughter in the Thames.
Source: Series / Ripper Street -
Through most of the Jack the Ripper arc, he's the quiet/suicidal/klutzy butler of Madame Red who more or less functions as comic relief through his epic failure at his work.
Source: Beware The Nice Ones / Anime
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