The phrase "a massive setback" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a significant obstacle or hindrance that has occurred, often in the context of projects, plans, or personal goals.
Example: "The unexpected loss of funding was a massive setback for the research team, delaying their progress by several months."
Alternatives: "a significant obstacle" or "a major hindrance."
Marois announced her resignation on Monday night, with which Quebec's separatist movement was handed a massive setback.
But I was highly disappointed with some of these character traits, and these were a massive setback for me.
If, however, they had visions of posting a defendable total and then throttling England they received a massive setback at the start of their innings.
The latest earthquake is a massive setback for the Nepal as the the impoverished mountainous nation tries to rebuild following April's tragic earthquake that killed more than 8000 people.
Jonathon Porritt, the Government's top environmental adviser, said that a Johnson victory would be "a massive setback" – and, once in office, the new Mayor seemed to justify the warning.
In a massive setback for the gay rights movement, 52.5 per cent of the electorate backed Proposition 8, a ballot measure that adds to the state constitution the words: "only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognised in California".
Following the Greek vote, calls mounted in Berlin to eject Greece from Europe's monetary union, a move that would be a massive political setback to the continent's ambitious plans of ever-closer unity.
TARP was and is a massive economic setback.
Despite this apparently massive setback, the effort to organize teaching and research assistants on private campuses will continue, insists the United Auto Workers, the national union that the Brown graduate assistants were attempting to join.
Ottoman raids on the Adriatic coasts effectively ceased after the massive setback in the Battle of Lepanto in October 1571.
Decade's top five 1 Ferrari The combination of Ross Brawn and Michael Schumacher and five championships in succession proved why F1 would be much poorer without the charismatic Italian team. 2 McLaren Bland but memorable for consistent excellence and the ability to overcome massive setbacks.
