Definitionn. an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes
Last update: January 11, 2018
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At the same time, to whatever cause this serious setback of Minoan civilization was owing, it would be very unsafe to infer as yet any large displacement of the original inhabitants by the invading swarms from the mainland or elsewhere. [Please select]
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He felt very curious to learn the cause of the setback, and his old scorn of difficulties flashed up. [Please select]
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In your wildness you see with four eyes--a horrible setback and disregard for everything decent. [noun]
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After the setback at Tidborough he was to have spent all his holidays at home. [noun]
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We're only so grieved, your mother and I, that you should have had such a setback so early.' [Please select]
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There was always a remedy at hand for a setback of this kind. [noun]
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The original outside wall on the east extends only 6 inches above this setback. [Please select]
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But now came a setback for which he was not prepared. [Please select]
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In spite of this setback Attila did not abandon the hope of conquest. [Please select]
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But my pride had got a setback, and I listened with patience to my mother's prayers that I would not join the King's men. [Please select]
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She regarded this, however, as only a temporary setback and was soon planning and plotting great designs far surpassing the narrower vision of the English colonies. [Please select]
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