Successful
Successful adjective - Having attained a desired end or state of good fortune.
Taken up is an antonym for successful.
Taken up
Taken up adjective - Having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something.
Both terms in one sentence
- Taken Up to Eleven in the last UEF mission, where after your Hold the Line mission has been successful for long enough you get to press the button on the Black Sun which destroys multiple planets.
Source: You Nuke 'Em -
How many Press Turns are taken up depends on whether you're successful or not.
Source: Talking Is a Free Action
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