CEFR C1 Vocabulary

CEFR C1 Vocabulary - Lesson 31

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Here you will learn some English words about failure, such as "disastrous", "doom", "neglect", etc. prepared for C1 learners.
destructiveadjective

causing a lot of damage or harm

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disastrousadjective

very harmful or bad

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elusiveadjective

hard to achieve, find, remember, or define

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graveadjective

very bad or worrisome

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ineffectiveadjective

unable to have any effect or achieve the intended results

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undesirableadjective

not wanted because of having the potential to cause problems

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overwhelmingadjective

(of a desire, feeling, or need) too strong to get rid of or resist

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in vainadverb

with no success

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to doomverb

to have no choice but to die, fail, etc.

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to neglectverb

to fail to do something, particularly as a result of carelessness

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to overshadowverb

to cause a person or thing to come across as less significant

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breakdownnoun

a failure in the progress or effectiveness of a relationship or system

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burdennoun

a responsibility or task that causes hardship, stress, etc.

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catastrophe
catastrophenoun

a horrible event that causes much suffering and damage

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dead endnoun

a situation that shows no signs of progress or improvement

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deficiencynoun

an existing weakness or fault in someone or something

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failnoun

a mistake or unsuccessful act

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fall
fallnoun

a reduction in size, amount, number, etc.

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faultnoun

a wrong move or act

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hurdlenoun

a difficulty or problem that must be overcome in order to achieve something

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inconveniencenoun

difficulties caused by something that makes one irritated or uncomfortable

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malfunctionnoun

a failure to function or work properly

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messnoun

a situation with many problems or difficulties, caused particularly by someone who is careless

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mishapnoun

a minor accident that has no serious consequences

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oddsnoun

circumstances that make it difficult to achieve something

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oversightnoun

a mistake made because of forgetting to do or not noticing something

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setbacknoun

a problem that gets in the way of a process or makes it worse

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underdognoun

an individual, team, etc. who is regarded as weaker compared to others and has little chance of success as a result

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to give {sb} troublephrase

to cause someone problems

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to no effectphrase

not yielding the expected result

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up againstphrase

faced with a problem or difficult situation

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in the face of {sth}phrase

in spite of difficulties, problems, etc.

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at the expense of {sb/sth}phrase

used when something is done by harming another person or thing

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to evacuateverb

to leave a place to be safe from a dangerous situation

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Murphy's lawphrase

a principle stating that if there is a possibility for a bad thing to happen, it will happen

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to [walk|tread] a tightropephrase

to be in a situation where a person has to be careful about every decision they make because even one mistake can pose a great risk

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