What part of speech is setback?

Setback can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. setback is a noun, singular of setbacks.

Inflections

Noun

What does setback mean?

Definitions

Noun

setback - an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating

Examples of setback

#   Sentence  
1. noun An early September 2003 Newsweek article included a rumor by a Taliban source that at a meeting in April 2003 Bin Laden was planning an "unbelievable" biological attack, the plans for which had suffered a setback upon the arrest of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed ("KSM").
2. noun If this coincides with rising interest rates and a setback in the housing market, American consumers will experience the hardest times since the Great Depression."
3. noun Automobile sales suffered a setback at the end of the financial year.
4. noun It's only a minor setback.
5. noun Our negotiations to lower export taxes suffered a big setback.
6. noun This is a serious setback.
7. noun This is only a temporary setback.
8. noun It would be a huge setback for them.
9. noun We've suffered a minor setback.
10. noun It's only a small setback.
11. noun I don't think this is a setback.
12. noun I don't think that this is a setback.
13. noun India's ambitious mission to land an unmanned probe on the moon suffered a setback when its space agency lost contact with the landing craft minutes before it was to make a critical touchdown on the lunar surface.
14. noun Armstrong’s roommate first seemed to improve but then had a setback.
15. noun Why do you rejoice in Tom's setback?
Sentence  
noun
An early September 2003 Newsweek article included a rumor by a Taliban source that at a meeting in April 2003 Bin Laden was planning an "unbelievable" biological attack, the plans for which had suffered a setback upon the arrest of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed ("KSM").
If this coincides with rising interest rates and a setback in the housing market, American consumers will experience the hardest times since the Great Depression."
Automobile sales suffered a setback at the end of the financial year.
It's only a minor setback.
Our negotiations to lower export taxes suffered a big setback.
This is a serious setback.
This is only a temporary setback.
It would be a huge setback for them.
We've suffered a minor setback.
It's only a small setback.
I don't think this is a setback.
I don't think that this is a setback.
India's ambitious mission to land an unmanned probe on the moon suffered a setback when its space agency lost contact with the landing craft minutes before it was to make a critical touchdown on the lunar surface.
Armstrong’s roommate first seemed to improve but then had a setback.
Why do you rejoice in Tom's setback?

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