fiasco
noun
a complete and ignominious failure.
fiascos
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pluralof fiasco.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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If the fiascos Jobs encountered were largely of his own making, the successes often had to do with luck.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026
One would think fiascos like this would cure lawyers of their reliance on artificial intelligence chatbots to do their work for them.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2025
Lawmakers repeatedly asked what went wrong in the Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank fiascos.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 2, 2023
The push for air travel reform from the administration follows a spate of public fiascos.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2023
Then he reminded the Bannister students of T. Haviland Hicks, Jr.'s, athletic fiascos, hilarious and otherwise, of three years.
From T. Haviland Hicks Senior by J. Raymond Elderdice
