fiasco
a complete and ignominious failure.
a round-bottomed glass flask for wine, especially Chianti, fitted with a woven, protective raffia basket that also enables the bottle to stand upright.
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However, since quitting his job two months earlier, the entire fiasco made him sick to his stomach as he considered what his former athletes had done to achieve greatness.
Inside a secret running program at Nike and a win-at-all-costs corporate culture | Rachel King | October 6, 2020 | FortuneThe app failed spectacularly, resulting in an election-night fiasco and a weeks-long delay before the vote count was certified.
Earlier this month, an international commission of scientists released a highly anticipated report detailing the steps needed to turn a gene-editing fiasco into a powerful treatment that could wipe out genetic diseases throughout generations.
A CRISPR Baby Future? New Report Outlines Path to Human Germline Editing | Shelly Fan | September 15, 2020 | Singularity HubThe city has been hit with more than two dozen legal claims tied to the fiasco.
City Is Halting Rent Payments on 101 Ash St. | Lisa Halverstadt | September 2, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoCouncilwoman Vivian Moreno argued that the fiasco represents fraud, and said she doesn’t buy the official story that it all grew out of bureaucratic incompetence.
Morning Report: Coronado’s Backlash to the Racism Backlash | Voice of San Diego | August 19, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
See how much snark was unleashed against “dad rock” by the recent U2 iTunes Songs of Innocence fiasco.
Of Gamers, Gates, and Disco Demolition: The Roots of Reactionary Rage | Arthur Chu | October 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis prolonged execution marks yet another death penalty fiasco.
For George W. Bush, it was the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the disastrous post-invasion fiasco.
The veteran political operative did realize the joy that national reporters took from the fiasco.
Racists and Conspiracy Nuts Turn Cochran Call Into The Biggest Campaign Sh*tshow of 2014 | Ben Jacobs | July 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was a fiasco, but were some of the players screwing up on purpose?
After the Mormon fiasco and the evaporation of the Fieldingites, another denomination took it.
Our Churches and Chapels | AtticusThis Bristoe fiasco was a stunning blow to the Rebel pursuit, and greatly checked their incursions.
Three Years in the Federal Cavalry | Willard GlazierHe had never tried to eat an artichoke, and his first essay in this difficult and complex craft was a sad fiasco.
The Regent | E. Arnold BennettIt is in travail and laughable fiasco that the young school their bodies to beautiful expression, as they school their minds.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonMr. Jones ridicules the would-be reformers of London, and represents their efforts as resulting in a pitiable fiasco.
The English Stage | Augustin Filon
British Dictionary definitions for fiasco
/ (fɪˈæskəʊ) /
a complete failure, esp one that is ignominious or humiliating
Origin of fiasco
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