setbacks

Meaning of setbacks

noun
  1. An obstacle, delay, disadvantage, blow (an adverse event which retards or prevents progress towards a desired outcome)
    After some initial setbacks, the expedition went safely on its way.
  2. The required distance between a structure and a road.
  3. A step-like recession in a wall.
    Setbacks were initially used for structural reasons, but now are often mandated by land use codes.
  4. An offset to the temperature setting of a thermostat to cover a period when more or less heating is required than usual.
  5. (possibly obsolete) A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy.
  6. A backset; a check; a repulse; a relapse.

Information about setbacks

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of setbacks is: setback.
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Hyphenation of setbacks

set-backs

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • setbacks is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of setbacks

backsets

Words that rhyme with setbacks

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