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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Respondents weren’t kind to Tepper in last year’s survey, with 84.1 percent of them handing the team owner a failing grade.
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Joseph Person, New York Times, 9 July 2025
The State of the Air report also found that a person of color is more than twice as likely to live in a community with a failing grade for all three measures of pollution covered in the report.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
Americans gave President Trump's first 100 days a failing grade (45%) more than any other grade, per an NPR/PBS News/Marist poll.
—Chris Sims, IndyStar, 26 Apr. 2025
John Zogby Grade: F The very fact that President Donald Trump is talking about joining Israel in taking out Iran’s nuclear program earns him his failing grade this week.
—Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 21 June 2025
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Joseph Person, New York Times, 9 July 2025
The State of the Air report also found that a person of color is more than twice as likely to live in a community with a failing grade for all three measures of pollution covered in the report.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
Americans gave President Trump's first 100 days a failing grade (45%) more than any other grade, per an NPR/PBS News/Marist poll.
—Chris Sims, IndyStar, 26 Apr. 2025
John Zogby Grade: F The very fact that President Donald Trump is talking about joining Israel in taking out Iran’s nuclear program earns him his failing grade this week.
—Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 21 June 2025
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“Failing grade/mark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/failing%20grade%2Fmark. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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