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| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | misfire |
| Type of | breakdown, equipment failure |
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | flop, washout |
| Type of | failure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person |
dud::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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he stepped on a dud mine.
Examples of dud
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He did not dud the people like Gillard has done repeatedly with our credit card.
From the dailymercury.com.au
So what if the kids'pick turns out to be a dud, or they get bored in the museum?
From the orlandosentinel.com
Pre-set triggers may or may not have a second-strike feature on a dud cartridge.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Any which way you look at it, this is a dud, but a magnificent one all the same.
From the techcrunch.com
Sure, after buying more of this dud, your average loss dropped from 40% to 20%.
From the forbes.com
To call this just another game, or a dud, is asinine, foolish and plain ignorant.
From the dispatch.com
You know, the expected star who immediately turns into a painfully obvious dud?
From the usatoday.com
They develop a diverse portfolio of projects that helps them weather dud ideas.
From the businessweek.com
If UK's sensory overload is intended to whip the crowd into a frenzy, it's a dud.
From the kentucky.com
- Failing to detonate; especially not charged with an active explosive; "he stepped on a dud mine"
- Flop: someone who is unsuccessful
- Misfire: an explosion that fails to occur
- Turkey: an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned"
- (duds) togs: informal terms for clothing
- A dud is an ammunition round or explosive that fails to fire or detonate, respectively, on time or on command. Duds are still dangerous and have to be deactivated and disposed of carefully. Poorly designed devices (for example, IEDs), and small devices, have higher chances of being duds. ...
- A broken or nonfunctional device that does not perform its intended function, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile; A lottery ticket that does not give a payout; Clothes, now always used in plural form duds
- (duds) Clothing, especially those for work or of rough appearance
- A device that will not function, no matter what the stimulus level is. This term is most often used in connection with explosive components. Sometimes also called a reject component.
