Synonym: black eye, blow, reversal, reverse. Similar words: set back, cut back, basketball, back, aback, back of, back off, back out. Meaning: n. an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating.
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91. Purpose: This retrospective study evaluated the change in pharyngeal airway space associated with surgical mandibular setback.
92. From the psychology angle, after this is lovelorn the setback which, the injury creates aggressive behavior.
93. Cultivating and training college students setback - resistance should be an important part in quality education.
94. In general, USDA portrayed the world grain outlook as one of tight supplies,[http://sentencedict.com/setback.html] vulnerable to any further yield setback.
95. The only setback is that I am far, far, far away from Ningbo. From the FIJI ISLANDS, congratulations to Ningbo Polytechnic on your achievement.
96. Don't allow one slipup, or setback from the outside, influence you to erase all the progress you've made.
97. In this case, as to their setback and ache, we had better care for and understand their moods with a benefic hear, but not crow over their frustration.
98. I am not going to let the setback throw me.
99. In a setback when, it is easy to self-torture, self-mutilation, and even killed his own life.
100. These are the technological routes that adopted. Traditional motivational theories include demand level theory, dual factors theory, theory of expecting, aggrandizement theory and setback theory.
101. He had [ suffered ] a setback in his business.
102. Give every road meet the setback and unfortunate person in life once too[sentencedict.com], wish them can go out of bright tomorrow at one's own way of life.
103. But now with the setback, the hurler won't even throw off a mound until somewhere from late June to early July.
104. So in answer to your question number two it should not cause a “noticeable setback” in the number of notches on your bedpost.
105. While the situation in China is a setback to Google's long term business goals, some analysts say the company has enough other opportunities to retain its status as a growth stock.
106. It was the first Macedonian setback after the siege of Halicarnassus , and the last Persian success.
107. Regional commander Major-General Sajjad Ghani says the capture of Banai Baba Ziarat was a major setback for the militants and has paved the way for gains on the battlefield.
108. "This is certainly a setback, " said Cristina Romer, who heads President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisors.
109. From the results, it is clear that the application of air-bypass, reset control, setback control and better start-stop times will result in a straight payback period of only 9 months.
110. The snub was a setback to Sarkozy, who is relishing his role in the EU presidency to parade as a world leader and crisis manager.
111. It was a severe setback to her recently pleased mental state.
112. The malpractice just mentioned will result in chatty services with increased system overhead and a performance penalty that can be a significant setback to the adoption of SOA.
113. There was a strong correlation between the amount of mandibular setback and the vertical change of hyoid and pharyngeal airway area.
114. He was adamant that this setback does not mean he has reverted to type.
115. Takahashi the first oil painter in Meiji era ever drafted a petition and protest for the setback actions.
116. Since that time there has never been any setback in his career.
117. A crushing setback, pluckily overcome, is a good plot motif to carry the yarn forward.
118. "The freshman phenomenon" mainly shows that the unsuitability to the new environment, the study which lacks goal and direction, and the feeling of setback and being alone.
119. Face the setback of the life, be this adamancy? Degenerate still?
120. The case ended in a hung jury; in conservative northern Virginia, it was another setback for the independent counsel and his tactics.
More similar words: set back, cut back, basketball, back, aback, back of, back off, back out, back up, back on, back away, backlog, call back, hold back, backbone, back down, pay back, drawback, draw back, turn back, clawback, talk back, backlash, give back, stand back, look back, backyard, go back on, go back to, kickback.