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Synonyms for setback
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. John Wall:

    I wouldn't call it a setback, tonight, they got the looks, they made them and we didn't.

  2. Robert Baer:

    This is not about ISIS. This is about whether the Iraqi military has the capability and, more importantly, the will to face up with ISIS, they've had some successes, the military has. This is a setback. It's going to take years to figure out who will prevail.

  3. Minister Narendra Modi:

    According to health experts, a minimum of 21 days is most crucial to break the cycle of infection. If we are not able to manage this pandemic in the next 21 days, the country and your family will be setback by 21 years. If we are not able to manage the next 21 days, then many families will be destroyed forever.

  4. Dong Tao:

    The government wants to reverse the market movement -- this is not market-based policy. That's a big setback for the Chinese capital markets.

  5. Mohan Guruswamy:

    If they give up on this, it will be a huge setback for industrialization, and for planned urbanization.


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