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dud

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adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of dud
Noun
Will Ferrell's campaign to be PEOPLE's 2024 Sexiest Man Alive was a dud. Jessica Wang, EW.com, 28 Jan. 2025 But the game was a dud, as the Heat suffered its most lopsided loss of the season. Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 5 Jan. 2025
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 See all Example Sentences for dud 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dud
Noun
  • Whether it‘s picking apart the factors that led to the chain filing for bankruptcy (and the postmortem of its endless-shrimp disaster), recruiting top talent for his C-suite, or ensuring more restaurants don’t have to close, Adamolekun has plenty of issues to bait his temper.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2025
  • In addition, general aviation airports are the single most important infrastructure element to support supply lines during a disaster such as the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
    John Carr, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • But subtle little things — developments unlikely to make headlines – can also be big winners.
    Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Dec. 2024
  • The challenge has always been to figure out how to personalize things without spending inordinate amounts of time and money mapping out every possible path a student might take.
    Ray Ravaglia, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • In a statement to Digital Trends, LG said the LED TVs, which weigh up to 101.2 pounds with stands, aren't defective on their own.
    Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Jurors in Gwinnett County, northeast of Atlanta, returned the verdict in the years-long civil case involving what the plaintiffs’ lawyers called dangerously defective roofs on Ford pickup trucks, lawyer James Butler Jr. said.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2022
Noun
  • This is The Athletic’s take on the deals that did happen — and the ones that didn’t… Was this window a success or a failure?
    Simon Johnson, The Athletic, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Black Middle Class and Black Elite are Present The idea that the disenfranchisement of Black Americans has resulted in their perpetual failure is false.
    Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 6 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Whether that’s ruffled silhouettes or embellishing clothing with messaging or her own logo in a unique manner, she’s got her sights set on continuing to offer interesting garments.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 11 Feb. 2025
  • There was so much clothing donated that donation centers started turning away offers.
    Kristin Deasy, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • But the ballplayer stuff, that was just icing on the cake.
    Daniel Brown, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025
  • My oak trees are covered in green lichens and light green mossy stuff.
    Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Several proposals were put forward, most of which were unsatisfactory one way or another.
    Phil Plait, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2025
  • If the results are unsatisfactory, the model might require adjustments, such as reconfiguring algorithms, incorporating additional data features or refining the training process.
    Fabio Belloni, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • But Sotheby’s is playing the long game; any disappointment felt by the luxury department at the end of play on Saturday is likely to be soothed by lasting gain in the region.
    George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Missing any part of 4 Nations would be a big disappointment for Crosby, who has distinguished himself as arguably Canada’s greatest international men’s ice hockey player.
    Rob Rossi, The Athletic, 9 Feb. 2025

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“Dud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dud. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.

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