as in fails
to be unsuccessful
the movie flunks, both as entertainment and as a dramatization of a historical incident
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Recent Examples of flunks
During the January oral arguments, a majority sounded ready to rule that the law flunks the historical tradition test.
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Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 18 June 2026
Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flunks
Verb
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Sunday under a law that generally applies when a driver fails to obey an official traffic-control device.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
15 June 2026
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The burn fails, but the capsule has just enough inertia to be drawn to Earth once again.—
Neil Oseman,
Space.com,
14 June 2026
Verb
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Love collapses, and her mother cries out several times before the body camera footage ends.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2026
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There’s an even bigger problem, though—Charlie collapses on the floor in pain, alone in the office, as the season ends.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
10 June 2026
Verb
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Joel Embiid is a great player, one of the best bigs in f—ing basketball history, flops.—
Devon Henderson,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
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One of the best bigs in [expletive] basketball history flops.—
Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
4 May 2026
Verb
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Samuel Moyn, a Yale law and history professor, thinks that debate misses the deeper story.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
16 June 2026
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Declaring victory for women investors while ignoring why women own less stock turns a gender difference into a gender war and misses the entire point.—
Teresa Ghilarducci,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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“Flunks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flunks. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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