"fail at life" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-fail at life.ogg [Australia] Forms: fails at life [present, singular, third-person], failing at life [participle, present], failed at life [participle, past], failed at life [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} fail at life (third-person singular simple present fails at life, present participle failing at life, simple past and past participle failed at life)
  1. (Internet slang) To be or become trapped in poverty, or in a situation where one is not doing anything productive with one's life; to become a loser. Tags: Internet
    Sense id: en-fail_at_life-en-verb-2DBjveIv
  2. (idiomatic, Internet slang) To do anything disappointing; to fail significantly. Tags: Internet, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-fail_at_life-en-verb-XmzfiFbN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66

Inflected forms

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