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Dud

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Noun

1. dud, flop, washout

someone who is unsuccessful

2. dud, misfire

an explosion that fails to occur

3. bomb, dud, turkey

an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual

Example Sentences:
'the first experiment was a real turkey'
'the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned'

Adjective

4. dud

failing to detonate; especially not charged with an active explosive

Example Sentences:
'he stepped on a dud mine'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Dud

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noun
1. 
a person or thing that proves ineffectual or a failure
2. 
a shell, etc, that fails to explode
3. (plural) old-fashioned
clothes or other personal belongings
adjective
4. 
failing in its purpose or function
a dud cheque

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Dud

see synonyms of dud
noun
1. 
a bomb, etc. that fails to explode
2. 
an ineffectual person or thing
adjective
3. 
worthless

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Dud

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n.
1. A bomb, shell, or explosive round that fails to detonate.
2. Informal One that is disappointingly ineffective or unsuccessful.
3. duds Informal
a. Clothing.
b. Personal belongings.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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