"autofail" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From auto- + fail. Etymology templates: {{af|en|auto-|fail}} auto- + fail Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} autofail (uncountable)
  1. (informal) An automatic failure. Tags: informal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-autofail-en-noun-U9im6Zc5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with auto-

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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012 July 2, Playa, “[40k] [v6] First Impressions”, in rec.games.miniatures.warhammer (Usenet)",
          "text": "No voluntary autofail of Morale checks!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, Alissa Trotz, Kiran Mirchandani, Iman Khan, “Growing Downhill? Contestations of Sovereignty and the Creation of Itinerant Workers in Guyanese Call Centres”, in Kiran Mirchandani, Winifred R. Poster, editors, Borders in Service: Enactments of Nationhood in Transnational Call Centres, Toronto, Ont., Buffalo, N.Y., London: University of Toronto Press, page 77",
          "text": "For Marlia, customer feedback can result in an \"autofail\" or an immediate dismissal for the day: \"Customers make you go home because when you call the customer back, they say, 'I don't like this person and I'm giving them 1.' If you give them 1, it's a low score. They pull you off the phone.\"",
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        "(informal) An automatic failure."
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          "text": "For Marlia, customer feedback can result in an \"autofail\" or an immediate dismissal for the day: \"Customers make you go home because when you call the customer back, they say, 'I don't like this person and I'm giving them 1.' If you give them 1, it's a low score. They pull you off the phone.\"",
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