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be a fiasco

VERB
fizzle
Synonyms
STRONGEST
abort misfire peter out wane
STRONG
die end fail fold miscarry
WEAK
come to nothing end in defeat end in disappointment miss the mark
Antonyms
STRONGEST
grow increase
STRONG
achieve begin succeed
WEAK
build develop progress

Example Sentences

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A lockout delaying the 2027 season isn’t out of the question, which would be a fiasco.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

In particular, the 787’s outsourcing strategy turned out to be a fiasco, which even then-Boeing CEO Jim Albaugh was forced to concede in a Seattle Times report.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2019

When the 2019 Academy Awards ceremony airs on Sunday, February 24th, it will almost surely be a fiasco of historic proportions.

From The Verge • Feb. 20, 2019

Many observers even thought the Blue Jackets’ second season under Coach John Tortorella would be a fiasco.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2016

I thought not; and yet if you had seen us half an hour before the curtain drew up, you would have said that the whole thing was going to be a fiasco.'

From Doctor Cupid by Broughton, Rhoda