as in disaster
something that has failed
the used car he bought turned out to be a lemon, and he soon had trouble starting the thing
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Recent Examples of lemon
The hotel injects local customs into the experience, like serving espresso flavored with lemon peel from a cuccumella, the Neapolitan version of an Italian moka pot.
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Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2025
This 30 minute meal is loaded with all the classic flavors of Chicken Piccata (lemon, butter, and capers), but in an even easier to make meatball format.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2025
Terracotta and mosaic tiling runs throughout the home, as does the scent of lavender and lemon—a perk of staying on an agricultural estate.
—Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2025
These, along with an orchard featuring an array of fruit trees including apricots, nectarines, oranges, lemons, limes, plums, peaches, figs, guavas and jujubes, plus a dragon fruit tower, are all part of the garden’s common area.
—Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2025
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Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2025
This 30 minute meal is loaded with all the classic flavors of Chicken Piccata (lemon, butter, and capers), but in an even easier to make meatball format.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2025
Terracotta and mosaic tiling runs throughout the home, as does the scent of lavender and lemon—a perk of staying on an agricultural estate.
—Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2025
These, along with an orchard featuring an array of fruit trees including apricots, nectarines, oranges, lemons, limes, plums, peaches, figs, guavas and jujubes, plus a dragon fruit tower, are all part of the garden’s common area.
—Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lemon
Noun
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This includes adding redundancy to vital systems, segmenting networks so that a compromise in one area does not spread unchecked, and developing explicit incident response processes that incorporate both cyber and physical disaster management.—
Chuck Brooks,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Last year alone, disasters costing $11 billion hit Florida, according to data from the National Centers for Environmental Information, with a total cost between $300 billion and $450 billion from 1980 to 2024.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The dogs’ owner is facing eight citations of failure to restrain and failure to provide proof of rabies vaccinations, KHOU reported.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Sep. 2025
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Additionally, Tesla is facing an investigation from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration regarding a failure to report crash data, says CNN.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
24 Sep. 2025
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Jakobi Meyers did most of his damage on a 45-yard completion, which characterized this offense’s boom-or-bust nature Sunday.—
Colton Pouncy,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
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Henry ran free down the middle of the field thanks to an apparent coverage bust courtesy of Steelers linebacker Payton Wilson.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
22 Sep. 2025
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How impressive a comeback Don’t Believe The Truth was in 2005 after the relative disappointment of 2002’s Heathen Chemistry has no bearing on why Oasis’s reunion tour is this year’s hottest ticket.—
Jesse Adams,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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This slow adoption stems from a low tolerance for errors, past disappointments with AI and a belief that years of legal training shouldn't be undermined by machine learning—all valid perspectives widely discussed in the industry.—
Matthew Sole,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Getty Images As the same time, frost advisories are in effect for Northeast and Southeast Aroostook, Southern Piscataquis, and Northern Penobscot Counties in Maine, with lows around 32 degrees.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
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Most of the following plants will keep blooming until your area's first hard frost, and some also offer colorful foliage.—
Mackenzie Nichols,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Sep. 2025
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Rhodes said McIntyre’s legacy was going to be as the loser to Rhodes in the debut broadcast of WWE on ESPN.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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That leaves Jimmy [Fallon] and Seth [Meyers], two total losers, on Fake News NBC.—
Matthew Robinson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
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Here, in the middle of the descending theater floor and surrounded by an intimate circle of seated spectators, Jelinek manipulated the high, rounded pitches of a modular synthesizer to resemble the whistle of a dropping bomb.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
22 Sep. 2025
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Then Bufford followed with a three-run bomb to put the Ballers up 8-0.—
Devin Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
22 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Lemon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lemon. Accessed 25 Sep. 2025.
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