Business Failures

noun a misstep or blunder

• Making a false step in the negotiation process could jeopardize the entire deal.
• Be careful not to make a false step when you're walking on that slippery floor.
• If you take a false step in that situation, you're screwed.
• In life, a false step can sometimes lead to unexpected opportunities.

noun a complete failure

verb to fail completely

• The company's latest product release was a flop in the market.
• The new movie was a total flop, nobody liked it.
• That party last night was a flop, no one showed up.
• His plan to win the competition was a flop, it didn't work out as expected.

noun a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea

verb a word that expresses an action, occurrence, or state of being

adverb a word that modifies or describes a verb, adjective, or other adverb

article a word that specifies a noun as definite or indefinite (e.g., the, a, an)

• Despite his experience in sales, he couldn’t run a whelk stall successfully.
• He may be good with numbers, but he couldn’t run a whelk stall to save his life.
• He's so clueless, he couldn't run a whelk stall if his life depended on it.
• Her lack of organizational skills is so bad, she couldn't run a whelk stall without causing chaos.

noun a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea

verb a word that expresses an action, occurrence, or state of being

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence

article a word that is used to specify a noun as definite or indefinite

• Many experts predict that if we do not take action, certain endangered species may go the way of the dodo.
• If we keep polluting the environment, some animals might just go the way of the dodo.
• If we don't start caring about conservation, those species will totally go the way of the dodo.
• Without proper protection, traditional bookstores may go the way of the dodo in the age of digital reading.