"bad ending" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bad endings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bad ending (plural bad endings)
  1. (video games) An ending that occurs when the player finishes the video game but is not completely successful for some reason, as opposed to a good ending. Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-bad_ending-en-noun-mhblOJHP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Topics: video-games
  2. (Internet slang, sometimes humorous, by extension) The least optimal outcome or conclusion to a given situation, problem or event. Tags: Internet, broadly, humorous, sometimes
    Sense id: en-bad_ending-en-noun-15lpz4J~

Inflected forms

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