fi·as·co
fē-ˈa-(ˌ)skō 
also
-ˈä-
plural fiascoes
: a complete failure
The critic called the film a fiasco.
… the total fiasco that was his personal life …—
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood
fi·as·co
fē-ˈä-(ˌ)skō
-ˈa-
-ˈa-
plural fiascoes also fiaschi
fē-ˈä-(ˌ)skē
-ˈa-
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Noun (1)
undaunted by his early fiascoes, he continued his experiments in rocketry
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Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 4 Jan. 2025
If the Kings were going to write a script for how to turn Fox into a sympathetic figure in this whole fiasco, this would be it.
—Sam Amick, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
And what was Kamala Harris’s loss to Donald Trump but a fiasco of the highest order?
—The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2024
Garcia was a star before the ordeal with Haney, and like it or not, his profile has grown since the fiasco.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Guaranteed there will be no repeat of last year’s Taylor Swift fiasco, when host Jo Koy told a joke at Taylor Swift’s expense in his opening monologue.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 4 Jan. 2025
If the Kings were going to write a script for how to turn Fox into a sympathetic figure in this whole fiasco, this would be it.
—Sam Amick, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
And what was Kamala Harris’s loss to Donald Trump but a fiasco of the highest order?
—The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2024
Garcia was a star before the ordeal with Haney, and like it or not, his profile has grown since the fiasco.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Fiasco.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fiasco. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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