washout
/ˈwɒʃaʊt
/noun
1 informal An event that is spoiled by constant or heavy rain: they feared their wedding was going to be a washout because of torrential rain...
- Through no fault of the organisers, last year's River Festival was a total washout, with torrential rain and flooding.
- Yesterday was a bit of a washout - it rained on and off most of the day so I spent my time in museums.
- But the rain came down again, leading to two further washouts, and the players christened the game the Match that Refused to Die.
1.1A disappointing failure: the film was branded a colossal washout...
- New Years was a bit if a washout, which was a bit of a shame.
- He may be charming but he is willful, thoroughly spoiled and a washout in politics.
- I wouldn't say that the band is actually a washout, or even really that bad, but listening to all of their best hits back-to-back makes you realize just how little they experimented with their sound.
Synonyms
failure, disappointment, let-down, loser, non-achiever, ne'er-do-well;
fiasco, setback, blow, misfortune, disaster, catastrophe, mess, debacle, damp squib
informal flop, dud, non-starter, no-hoper, lead balloon, fail
North American clinker
2A breach in a road or railway track caused by flooding: chores like repairing washouts in the gravel access road...
- Freezing temperatures, blowing snow, landslides and washouts all keep the maintenance of way crews busy on the pass.
- It can wheel through thick mud and washouts without getting stuck and without leaving behind big ruts.
- What had actually happened was that she had encountered an unseen, unmarked washout across the road more than three feet wide.
2.1 Geology A channel cut into a sedimentary deposit by rushing water and filled with younger material.
3 Medicine The removal of material or a substance from the body or a part of it, especially by washing with a fluid.The abdomen was left open to allow for additional debridements and washouts of necrotizing fasciitis of the abdominal wall....
- Arthroscopic debridement and washout has a role as a temporising procedure in early osteoarthritis associated with mechanical symptoms.
- Two developed postoperative infection one of which required bilateral antral washout, the other settled with medical treatment.