failure to launch

noun

A young adult's inability to leave home and begin a self-supported life.

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Meanings

nounfailure to launch (countable and uncountable, plural failures to launch)

plural failures to launch

  1. countableidiomaticuncountableA young adult's inability to leave home and begin a self-supported life.
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APA

failure to launch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/failure%20to%20launch

MLA

“failure to launch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/failure%20to%20launch. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “failure to launch,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/failure%20to%20launch.

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