Vocabulary
Fiasco
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
A complete failure, especially a ludicrous or humiliating one
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Pakistan`s history is replete with examples where extremist clergymen have taken on the state, with the Lal Masjid fiasco being perhaps the gravest episode of its kind.
Dawn Editorials —
Mosque management
— 2025-10-31
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Following the USAID fiasco, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced the UK would increase spending on defence by cutting itsaid budget from 0.5pc of gross national income to 0.3pc, much lower than the UN`s 0.7pc aid target.
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After USAID
— 2025-05-05
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The Telangana uprising ended tamely in 1951, and the party split in the 1960s in keeping with a familiar communist habit.Impelled by the Telangana fiasco, the focus of communist leaders gravitated to electoral politics.
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India`s left-right centenary
— 2025-03-11
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Financed largely through banks, it is too early to say whether it does indeed turn out to be a financial fiasco in the long run, because its revenue streams would never be able to justify the price he paid for it.
Dawn Editorials —
Two sides of the social media coin
— 2025-01-12
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The Lal Masjid/ Jamia Hafsa fiasco is a prime example of why the state needs to know what is going on within religious institutions.
Dawn Editorials —
Madressah oversight
— 2024-12-19
Synonyms
Blunder, Breakdown, Disaster
Antonyms
Miracle, Success, Triumph
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