flunked; flunking; flunks
: to fail especially in an examination or course
flunker
noun
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Verb
If I flunk this class, I have to take it over again.
If I flunk, I have to take this class over again.
The teacher had to flunk two students.
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Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 5 Sep. 2024
As of right now, far too many Republicans flunk that test.
—Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2013
Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
He’s also had 30 horses flunk drug tests in that time and 74 horses die in his care since 2000.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 4 May 2024
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Verb
Wisconsin was better than the 13 states that flunked the test: Alaska, Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont and Wyoming.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 5 Sep. 2024
As of right now, far too many Republicans flunk that test.
—Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2013
Noun
But that chapter, written before a July Supreme Court ruling that suggested Florida and Texas laws regulating content moderation flunk First Amendment scrutiny, also notes that Carr met some conservative pushback on that idea from his own Project 2025 collaborators.
—Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
He’s also had 30 horses flunk drug tests in that time and 74 horses die in his care since 2000.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 4 May 2024
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“Flunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flunk. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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