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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121. We had a minor setback in last week's Champions League match, but it's easily fixable .
122. Sometimes when we've had a setback we want to grieve for awhile.
123. But the FDP's shellacking in Berlin is a setback for the anti-bail-out camp.
124. The match declared to nationalize private's canal of Su in 1956, and setback English, method, interfere with the consociation military.
125. Never lose heart in the face of a setback; take courage and deal with It'squarely.
126. Investigated retrofit techniques included air-bypass control on cooling coils, reset and setback control, improved HVAC system start-stop times and economizing on outside air intake.
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127. The adamancy that can a person go after facing a setback?
128. For Kennedy, it was an early political setback for a president untested on the world stage.
129. You can see that the economy made up a lot of the output gap before the 1938 setback, but by no means all.
130. In July, an Indian rocket successfully put five satellites into orbit, three months after the country's space ambitions suffered a setback when a rocket crashed on lift-off.
131. The Justice Department suffered a setback last year with the failure of the first major criminal case to arise from the financial crisis: the prosecution of two Bear Stearns hedge fund managers.
132. Undaunted by his first setback, he decided to try once more.
133. The problems that have dogged him all year are just a temporary setback.
134. He has suffered a serious setback in his political career.
135. Chile's top constitutional court blocked a government bid to promote the free distribution of the morning-after pill to minors aged 14 and over, dealing a new setback to President Michelle Bachelet.
136. Our building plans setback when a strong typhoon destroyed our building site.
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.