FLUNKS Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

flunks

verb

present tense third-person singular of flunk

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. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 18 June 2026

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Consider what happens when a large late-stage clinical trial fails.

— George Achilleos, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
While captive whales often live only into their 30s, Marino said attributing their deaths to age fails to acknowledge the reality of why their lifespans are shorter.

— Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of fails

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In general, when a submarine caldera collapses, the sinking seafloor pulls the seawater above it along with it.

— Yook Ji Hun, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026
At the same 5-GHz frequency, a sound wave's wavelength collapses from centimeters, as is the case with light, to a couple of micrometers, roughly four orders of magnitude smaller.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2026

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In Bait, Ahmed stars as struggling actor Shah Latif, who flops in his audition to play James Bond and then becomes consumed by the quest to become the first Pakistani 007.

— Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 21 Aug. 2026
Starter addition flops Last season’s trade deadline wound up being a big flop.

— Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of flops

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If that prediction misses, then manufacturers have little opportunity to change course.

— Sally C. Pipes, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
If those issues linger and Willis misses time, the healthy group would be reduced to Dylan Edwards, Micah Johnson, John Kelly and Jack Reeves.

— Taylor Eldridge, Kansas City Star, 20 Sep. 2026

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