failing grade/mark
noun
: a grade/mark that shows that someone did not pass a test or course of study
He received a failing grade/mark in chemistry.
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Nearly 2 in 5 Americans live in areas that had a failing grade for at least one air pollution measure, the report stated.
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Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2024
Nearly 4 in 10 people live in an area that received a failing grade for at least one measure of air pollution, according to the report.
—Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2024
His boss, says Barnett, reposted by giving the inspector, who’d always received top grades in annual performance reviews, a failing mark on his 2014 card.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2024
The local schools are overcrowded, the infrastructure is beyond capacity, and the engineering study of the intersection of York and Ridgely roads gave it a failing grade.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 19 Jan. 2024
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Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2024
Nearly 4 in 10 people live in an area that received a failing grade for at least one measure of air pollution, according to the report.
—Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2024
His boss, says Barnett, reposted by giving the inspector, who’d always received top grades in annual performance reviews, a failing mark on his 2014 card.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2024
The local schools are overcrowded, the infrastructure is beyond capacity, and the engineering study of the intersection of York and Ridgely roads gave it a failing grade.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 19 Jan. 2024
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“Failing grade/mark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/failing%20grade%2Fmark. Accessed 25 Oct. 2024.
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