washout

Noun

• someone who is unsuccessful

• the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)
  • from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water
    

• the channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water
  • it was several days after the storm before they could repair the washout and open the road
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  flop , dud , wash