epic fail

noun

plural epic fails

: a notable, obvious, and usually public failure

What was supposed to be a kind gesture turned into an epic fail, and now a viral video. … Morgan accidentally missed the step and faceplanted into the front door.—

97X.com

Kendall Jenner struggled to chop up a cucumber during Episode 5 of "The Kardashians," and her epic fail prompted Kris Jenner to request assistance from their chef.—

Leena Nasir

UBER's self-driving project was basically an epic fail …—

Jim Collins

… he [David Novak, former CEO of Yum Brands] talks about his epic fail: Crystal Pepsi, the clear version of Pepsi that he developed in 1992 when he was Pepsi's Executive Vice President of Marketing and Sales.—

Annette Franz

Examples of epic fail in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web To borrow a phrase from a much earlier incarnation of the internet…epic fail. —

Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 25 Sep. 2024 Secret Service chief facing calls to resign after Trump assassination attempt Fox News contributor and former FBI special agent Nicole Parker calls the lack of security personnel at Trump's rally an 'epic fail' and reacts to Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle facing pressure to resign. —

Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 15 July 2024 My team had an eventful night covering the debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump that was marked by what many Democrats saw as an epic fail for Biden. —

Caren Bohan, USA TODAY, 28 June 2024 A week after the end of another magical regular season, the incredible underachieving Dodgers are on the brink of another epic fail after suffering a second consecutive defeat to the Arizona Diamondbacks in their best-of-five National League Division Series. —

Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023

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