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adjective

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Recent Examples of dud
Noun
The group has had big wins, but has also faced a string of dud votes in recent years. Vivienne Walt, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025 Duplass’ Michael is a dud, sorta sweet but totally spineless. Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
Last September, generative AI was looking to me like a big dud. Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025 This is typically where chances are taken, outlandish designs come in, shirts that could be brilliant and beloved classics or could be complete duds. Nick Miller, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dud
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dud
Noun
  • Recently published studies about people affected by the Maui and Los Angeles fires showed that beyond affecting heart and lung function and interrupting access to medical care, these climate disasters have led to higher rates of depression and even suicide.
    Lahari Vuppaladhadiam, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • As someone who evacuated but was still directly impacted by the storm, Shepard used her lived experience to influence her research on colonial disasters.
    Essence, Essence, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • If things do go long, Alcaraz will still back himself.
    Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • But now, the King and the royal family have received very sad news that will change things going forward.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Advertisement Experts have said that any such policy is almost certain to face immediate legal challenges, and that implementing the rule would rely on potential buyers self-declaring as mentally ill or a court determining them to be mentally defective.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The manufacturer also offers a year warranty for defective products, and the purchase comes with a free bow, rosin cake and a carrying case with straps.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In May 2018, one of the funicular’s cars derailed due to a serious maintenance failure of its wheels, although the car did not overturn and no one was injured, according to Público, a Portuguese daily national newspaper.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
  • An incident report submitted to the state by Energy Transfer attributed the pipeline failure to a technician’s errors.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Then, there were some pictures that had great clothing, or a great emotional connection.
    Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Now, thrift stores and clothing markets from Bulgaria to the Czech Republic are groaning with castoffs.
    The Editors, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Everything about Elvis, including his death-by-cardiac-arrest at 42 in Graceland, is the stuff of opera.
    Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • By our points formula, a game in the 10s or below is D-grade, the 20s is average, the 30s above average, the 40s really good and 50s-plus next-stratosphere stuff.
    Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Even then, the results are often unsatisfactory for your (once) vibrant white shirts.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The county faces at least 19 lawsuits claiming that conditions are unsatisfactory and that medical and mental health care are inadequate in the jails.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • This disappointment reoriented me to a stabler ground.
    Joe Joyce, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The Bengals embark on another season where anything short of a playoff run will be seen as another disappointment.
    Jason Hoffman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Dud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dud. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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