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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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Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
His conviction that birdwatching would be boffo box office in 2011 dud The Big Year also is chronicled, with amusing references to Tom Rothman, then running Fox and now heading Sony, and his unwavering antipathy toward the project.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2026
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Jan. 2026
In a dud finale against the Detroit Lions in 1991, Wolford got rolled up and suffered a high-ankle sprain that hobbled him throughout the postseason.
—Tim Graham, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2026
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Noun
In what was an otherwise pretty gripping and funny first episode, Tribal Council was kind of a dud.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
His conviction that birdwatching would be boffo box office in 2011 dud The Big Year also is chronicled, with amusing references to Tom Rothman, then running Fox and now heading Sony, and his unwavering antipathy toward the project.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2026
Adjective
There are no dud rooms by any stretch, but for the most lascivious stay, the new villas for 2025 are somehow even lovelier—for a POA, of course.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Jan. 2026
In a dud finale against the Detroit Lions in 1991, Wolford got rolled up and suffered a high-ankle sprain that hobbled him throughout the postseason.
—Tim Graham, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2026
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“Dud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dud. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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