Synonyms and antonyms of Involving both successes and failures in British Thesaurus

knife-edge (noun)

a situation in which success and failure are equally likely

bumpy (adjective)

involving both failures and successes

chequered (adjective)

if someone has had a chequered past or a chequered career, they have experienced both successes and failures

win or lose ()

whether you succeed or fail

be/hang in the balance ()

if something is in the balance, you do not know whether it will succeed or fail

have an even chance (of doing something) ()

to be equally likely to succeed or fail in doing something

ups and downs ()

a variety of situations and experiences that are sometimes good and sometimes bad