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setback Definition

set·back (set′bak′)

noun

  1. a reversal, check, or interruption in progress; relapse; upset
  2. an upper part of a wall or building set back to form a steplike section
  3. pitch ()

setback Synonyms

setback

n.

hindrance, check, reversal; see delay 1, difficulty 1, impediment 1.

setback Law Definition

n

The minimum distance from the property line to where a structure may be built, as regulated by zoning statutes or restrictions in the deeds in various locales. Meant to keep houses from being built so close to each other that they cut off the light to and ventilation from a neighbor’s home. Setback also applies to how close a structure may be built to a road.

setback Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • suffer: The 3rd XI's own title hopes suffered a setback with defeat at home to Chester Boughton Hall.
  • overcome: You may even go trekking and overcome setbacks along the way, but ultimately achieve your goal.
  • encounter: The Soviet Union encountered the same setback in Somalia and the Sudan.
  • represent: The decline in our vote represents a real setback for our project of transforming society.
  • receive: In 1941 the work of the virus hunters received a potentially fatal setback.
  • face: Therapeutic vaccines have faced numerous setbacks in recent years.

Preposition: as

result: The Thudichum doctrine remained triumphant and the Australian wine industry suffered a fourteen-year setback as a result.

Adjective modifier

  • embarrassing: This latest embarrassing setback follows news last month that well testing at another Siberian field would be delayed due to melting permafrost.
  • temporary: The injuries, he added, had been only a temporary setback.
  • minor: How often is a win achieved without some minor setbacks?
  • serious: David Palmer has had a very serious setback to his career.
  • severe: A report in late 1995 showed severe setbacks in the move to a shorter working week.
  • major: A major setback for Julie in week 3 Disaster has struck for Julie in her third week of training.

Noun used with modifier

  • injury: Former Liverpool and England star Jamie Redknapp, has suffered with numerous injury setbacks during his career.
  • market: That way you scoop up plenty of shares cheaply with each market setback, ensuring you make a decent profit in the long run.

Preposition: in

  • election: In Oldham, having received their highest vote in 2001, the BNP suffered their biggest setbacks in the 2005 general election.
  • year: Therapeutic vaccines have faced numerous setbacks in recent years.
  • market: After an excellent performance last year our unlisted portfolio suffered from the sharp setback in technology markets and the value fell by 16.3 % .

Preposition: for

government: A serious setback for the government was last month's acquittal of Andrew Meldrum, correspondent of the Guardian and The Observer.

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