bust
102
4.5
- noun
- /bʌst/
- Informal
:
fracaso
- Well, folks, it looks like a bust.
- boom and bust
- boom and bust cycles
- market booms and busts
At best it's more like a wild boom and bust ride through several perfect storms.
- At best it's more like a wild boom and bust ride through several perfect storms.
- And that is why you see these boom and bust cycles with narcissistic folks.
- OK, the chip's a bust, but that's not all that's in the chip kit.
- He argues that this is the simplest case of a boom bust cycle.
- So there's kind of bust and boom to it.
- I pulled these out for this video, The Great Reset, boom, bust and echo big shifts ahead.
Examples
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But their bad luck was an inescapable part of the boom-and-bust cycle of all temperate grasslands.
Academic text (2002) -
I'm sorry to hear it went bust.
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And then there was the great bust and sort of nothing in between.
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Truth is, my old man went bust years ago, so...
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What a bust that was.
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I mean, what if his business goes bust?
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With the recent dot-com bust, the number was now half that, and it was driving him nuts.
Fiction book (2002) -
Critical legal studies boomed during the 1980s but have been going bust during the 1990s.
Academic text (1997) -
Finally it went bust.
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The concert was such a bust that barely anyone showed up.
Synonyms
557
1.3
Not reaching what was planned or expected
76
6.2
A complete embarrassing failure that happens suddenly and causes big problems
75
8.5
A sudden complete failure that causes public embarrassment or big loss
44
4.3
A project or event that does not succeed
14
4.7
Something that fails to work or please people
3
6.0
A failure that comes after a promising start
1
8.2
Something that fails completely
A thing such as a film or product that fails badly with people
A project, event, or thing that fails very badly
Antonyms
Idioms
- Offensive
1
9.9
To release semen during sex and used jokingly to show extreme excitement
Compounds
A police action in which officers pretend to buy illegal drugs to arrest sellers
How Successful
262
3.3
∞
1.0
557
1.3
- Informal
102
4.5
75
8.5
176
7.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bust meaning 'a complete failure' comes from the idea of being 'broken' or 'smashed' (think of something 'busted'), so a plan or show that fails is called a 'bust'.