Setback

[setĀ·back]

A setback is an event that makes you lose progress or keeps you from gaining ground. If you're knitting a sweater, dropping a bunch of stitches would be a big setback.

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Offset, n., 4.

Noun
an unfortunate happening that hinders of impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating


n.
Offset, n., 4.

n.
A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy.

n.
A backset; a check; a repulse; a reverse; a relapse.


Setback

Set"back` , n. 1. (Arch.) Offset, n., 4. 2. A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy. [U. S.] 3. A backset; a check; a repulse; a reverse; a relapse. [Colloq. U.S.]

Offset, n., 4.

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Usage Examples

Abraham Lincoln comes from nothing, has no education, no money, lives in the middle of nowhere on the frontier. And despite the fact that he suffers one tragedy and one setback after another, through sheer force of will, he becomes something extraordinary: not only the president but the person who almost single-handedly united the country.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I knew that I did not have to buy into society's notion that I had to be handsome and healthy to be happy. I was in charge of my 'spaceship' and it was my up, my down. I could choose to see this situation as a setback or as a starting point. I chose to begin life again.