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