setback

1 general:: setback verbs suffer a setback • The team suffered a serious setback when the goalkeeper went off injured. receive a setback • The islands’ economy had received a severe setback from the effects of hurricane Hugo. adjectives a major setback • Losing our key player would be a major setback for the team. a big/serious/severe setback • This is a serious setback to the company. a minor setback (= not very bad ) • It was only a minor setback. a temporary setback (= lasting only a short time ) • Try not to be discouraged by temporary setbacks. an early/initial setback (= happening quite soon ) • The policy has been successful, despite some early setbacks. a political/military/economic setback • The defeat represented a major political setback for the conservatives.

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2 general:: setback a problem that stops you from making progress: • The space program suffered a major setback when the space shuttle, Discovery, exploded. snag informal a problem, especially one that you had not expected: • There’s a snag – I don’t have his number. hitch a small problem that delays or prevents something: • There have been a few last-minute hitches. trouble when something does not work in the way it should: • The plane developed engine trouble. hassle spoken a situation that is annoying because it causes problems: • Just trying to store all this stuff is a hassle.

Longman-Thesaurus

3 general::   noun ADJ. temporary | initial | big, major, serious, severe | unexpected | economic, financial | military VERB + SETBACK experience, receive, suffer His research has suffered a temporary setback. PREP. ~ for a further setback for the coal industry | ~ to a serious setback to his chances of re-election

Oxford Collocations Dictionary