"fail at life" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-fail at life.ogg 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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6
  2. (idiomatic, Internet slang) To do anything disappointing; to fail significantly. Tags: Internet, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-fail_at_life-en-verb-XmzfiFbN

Inflected forms

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