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Noun
The seeds must have been duds because the plants never grew.
She put on her new duds for the party.
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Laura Bradley, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2025
If Siren’s Curse turns out to be a dud, Americans will have to travel to Sandusky, Ohio ,or Austin, Texas, to get their tilt coaster thrills.
—Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 20 Jan. 2025
Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2024
Russian cluster munitions reportedly have a dud rate of as high as 40%.
—Riley Rogerson, Anchorage Daily News, 21 July 2023
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Noun
David is still kind of a dud in this game despite his Aussie Survivor reputation.
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2025
If Siren’s Curse turns out to be a dud, Americans will have to travel to Sandusky, Ohio ,or Austin, Texas, to get their tilt coaster thrills.
—Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
After back-to-back losses— a dud performance and a choke job — San Francisco played a team wholly inferior in the New England Patriots.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2024
Russian cluster munitions reportedly have a dud rate of as high as 40%.
—Riley Rogerson, Anchorage Daily News, 21 July 2023
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“Dud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dud. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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