Loss and Setback

Loss

Loss noun - Failure to win a contest.

Usage example: we're discouraged by our loss on Friday, but we're training hard for next week's game nevertheless

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Setback and loss are semantically related in reduction topic. In some cases you can use "Setback" instead a noun "Loss".

Nearby Word: losing

Setback noun - A change in status for the worse usually temporarily.

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Loss and setback are semantically related in reduction topic. Sometimes you can use "Loss" instead a noun "Setback".

considerable	considerable loss	considerable setback
small	small loss	small setback
severe	severe loss	severe setback
massive	massive loss	massive setback
Other adjectives: large, big, great, serious, huge, little, slight, bad, permanent, major, immediate, humiliating, possible, final, catastrophic, minor, temporary, significant, recent, financial, devastating.

Then setback after setback, loss after loss, made what was going to be a quick and decisive win into five years of hell.

Source: Video Game / Halo Wars
Besides, the real life Niki Lauda would go on to win two more titles so if anything it was more a setback than a loss.

Source: Victorious Loser
The Covenant leadership considered the first no great loss, and the second nothing more than a minor, if irritating, setback.

Source: Hopeless War

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