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Noun
The seeds must have been duds because the plants never grew.
She put on her new duds for the party.
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Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 6 Dec. 2024
That wouldn’t be a terrible number if the film hadn’t cost $250 million to make, positioning it as one of the year’s bigger box office duds.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 28 Nov. 2024
Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2024
Russian cluster munitions reportedly have a dud rate of as high as 40%.
—Riley Rogerson, Anchorage Daily News, 21 July 2023
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Noun
A week after throwing four interceptions in an all-time dud against the Chargers, QB Kirk Cousins returns to his old Minnesota stomping grounds as a 5.5-point road ‘dog.
—Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 6 Dec. 2024
That wouldn’t be a terrible number if the film hadn’t cost $250 million to make, positioning it as one of the year’s bigger box office duds.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 28 Nov. 2024
Adjective
After back-to-back losses— a dud performance and a choke job — San Francisco played a team wholly inferior in the New England Patriots.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2024
Russian cluster munitions reportedly have a dud rate of as high as 40%.
—Riley Rogerson, Anchorage Daily News, 21 July 2023
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“Dud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dud. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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