non-achievement
noun[U]
(alsononachievement)uk/ˌnɒn.əˈtʃiːv.mənt/us/ˌnɑːn.əˈtʃiːv.mənt/thefactof notsucceedingin doing something:
We need toseehowclosestaffhave come tomeetingtheirtargets, andanalysethereasonsfor non-achievement.
- I don't likepeoplewhoblametheirnon-achievement onsystemsandstructuresapparentlyoutsidetheircontrol.
- The team'searlierpromisehascrumpledinto non-achievement.
- Heseemstoenjoyhimselfcontinuallyin bothachievementand non-achievement.
- Therewardsystemfor thesalesteamisdirectlylinkedtoquotaachievementor non-achievement.
Failing and doing badly
- abjectly
- at-risk
- backbencher
- balls(something)up
- be on your beam endsidiom
- blow
- bomb
- collapse
- fall to piecesidiom
- fight a losing battleidiom
- flog
- flog a dead horseidiom
- flop
- founder
- rot
- running on emptyidiom
- sclerotic
- screw
- smoke
- the rot sets inidiom