Failure and Standout

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

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Standout is an antonym for failure.

Nearby Words: fail, failing, failed

Standout noun - Something very good of its kind.

Usage example: his debut novel was a standout in an otherwise lackluster year

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Failure is an antonym for standout.

One standout example of failure was part 2 of the original Rainbow Six: Vegas, where the crew's attempts at Terrorist Hunt disintegrate immediately, several times in a row.'Ray: We've been recording for less than 4 minutes and we've managed to fail 3 times.

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He commonly views That Troper and This Troper in media (see Bonus Feature Failure for a standout example), this just takes that to the obvious conclusion.

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