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ˈsɛtˌbækset·back

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  1. reverse, reversal, setback, blow, black eyenoun

    an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating

    Synonyms:
    nose candy, reversal, turnabout, puff, turnaround, snow, about-face, opposite, change of mind, gust, shock, black eye, reverse, flip-flop, verso, policy change, volte-face, mouse, turn around, shiner, contrary, bump, blow, transposition, coke, reversion, blast, reverse gear

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  1. setbacknoun

    Synonyms:
    backset, check, repulse, reverse, relapse

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How to use setback in a sentence?

  1. Cho Jae-phil:

    Whoever loses the fight would suffer a fatal blow, unless the two reach a settlement. This will also be a setback for automakers.

  2. Stephen Scipione:

    These false accusations have been extremely damaging to our entire organization, but we can only begin to imagine the setback this must have dealt to survivors of sexual assault.

  3. Lim Eul-chul:

    If they concluded the virus was from China, they would have had to tighten quarantine measures on the border area in a further setback to North Korea-China trade.

  4. Scott Wiener:

    For eight years, a broad coalition has worked to pass this life-saving legislation, each year this legislation is delayed, more people die of drug overdoses — two per day in San Francisco alone. While this veto is a major setback for the effort to save lives and connect people to treatment, we must not — and will not — let it end this movement.

  5. New Zealand Vanuatu president:

    This is a very devastating cyclone in Vanuatu. I term it as a monster, a monster, it's a setback for the government and for the people of Vanuatu. After all the development that has taken place, all this development has been wiped out.


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