failure to thrive
womp womp
quite poor
require improvement
have it bad
breach of promise
nefastous
attempted
sad trombone
be sick
unhope
bottom fall out
live by the sword, die by the sword
imperfectively
hollow victory
fall
bad name
fail
broken man
ironic error
score off
butchery
unfulfillment
scant
be someone's to lose
take it on the chin
weak-kneed
two tears in a bucket
bite the big one
what do you know
loser
lose the plot
unthriving
make-or-break
desperation
damaged goods
poor boy
devastation
uneffective
mend one's ways
dissatisfy
forspill
empty nest
despairful
worse
burn
miserliness
fail at life
dooming
woeful
score points
thwartness
weakishness
declinate
failingness
misappreciation
in the worst way
doomedness
misapprehension
bad bitch
hit the skids
stick a fork in something
stonyheartedness
missishness
rotten egg
sick and tired
small words
flopdom
nipcheese
any more
for you
write off
scantle
miserable
suck out
despairingness
pitifulness
limitation
do well
underwhelm
plighty
sorriness
have an accident
miserism
pain and suffering
come a gutser
sorry business
use to
bitter pill to swallow
not for nothing
take a dive
unfortunateness
suck the air out of
such is life
giving up
call
washout
do for
slow study
surrender