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Definition of Setback
1. Noun. An unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating.
Generic synonyms: Happening, Natural Event, Occurrence, Occurrent
Specialized synonyms: Whammy
Derivative terms: Set Back
Definition of Setback
1. n. Offset,
Definition of Setback
1. Noun. An obstacle, delay, or disadvantage. ¹
2. Noun. (American English) The required distance between a structure and a road. ¹
3. Noun. (architecture) A step-like recession in a wall. ¹
4. Noun. (''possibly archaic'') A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy. ¹
5. Noun. A backset; a check; a repulse; a relapse. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Setback
1. a defeat [n -S]
Medical Definition of Setback
1. A surgical operation for treatment of a bilateral cleft of the palate in which the premaxilla is moved posteriorly; the procedure is often accompanied by bone grafting. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Setback
Literary usage of Setback
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions by William D. Compton (1996)
"... setback AND RECOVERY: 1967 Early in 1967 Project Apollo suffered its worst
setback when all three members of the first crew to fly in an Apollo ..."
2. Final Report, June 2, 1916 by Edward Murray Bassett (1916)
"He can make that setback right from the height limit in the form of a mansard
which would slope back in a ratio of one foot horizontally to three feet ..."
3. Final Report, June 2, 1916 by Edward Murray Bassett, New York (N.Y.). Board of Estimate (1916)
"He can make that setback right from the height limit in the form of a mansard
which would slope back in a ratio of one foot horizontally to three feet ..."
4. The Bookman (1903)
"Meanwhile, hostilities between Turkey and Russia had begun, and the latter had
already received a serious setback at Olte- nitza, an event commemorated by ..."
5. Industrial Arts Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"Eng N 69:129-31 Ja 16 '13 setback for the Chicago drainage canal. Eng Rec 67:58-9
Ja 18 '13 Chicago Great Western railway Maintenance of way Improvements. ..."
6. The Days of a Man: Being Memories of a Naturalist, Teacher, and Minor by David Starr Jordan (1922)
"... First setback Prince succeeds Bastedo The treaty unfortunately required that
our report should be presented on January i, 1909, a period far too short ..."
7. Lucius Q. C. Lamar: His Life, Times, and Speeches. 1825-1893 by Edward Mayes (1896)
"... at the A. and M. College—Progress of the Senatorial Question —The State
Convention—A setback or No? ..."
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