The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SETBACK which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1957.
Untimely defeat crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SETBACK | 100 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Untimely defeat
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- abort
- miscarriage
- miscarry
- abortion
- demise
- late
- perish
- perishing
- avoid
- avoiding
- balk
- balking
Crossword Answer definitions
SETBACK noun- An obstacle, delay, disadvantage, blow (an adverse event which retards or prevents progress towards a desired outcome)
- The required distance between a structure and a road.
- A step-like recession in a wall.
- An offset to the temperature setting of a thermostat to cover a period when more or less heating is required than usual.
- (possibly obsolete) A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy.
- A backset; a check; a repulse; a relapse.
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