as in to fail
to be unsuccessful
the movie flunks, both as entertainment and as a dramatization of a historical incident
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Recent Examples of flunk
By any metric, Maryland’s 2022 Juvenile Justice Reform Act has flunked.
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Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2024
The Warriors pushed the trade through despite Payton flunking his physical, reportedly filing a complaint to the league that Portland withheld medical information about Payton’s abdominal injury.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 19 June 2024
But then the subject flunked some reasoning tasks that most young children easily master.
—Carolyn Y. Johnson, Washington Post, 12 June 2024
Following John Angelos as the control person of an MLB team is like presenting a class project after a fellow student flunked his.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 1 Apr. 2024
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Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2024
The Warriors pushed the trade through despite Payton flunking his physical, reportedly filing a complaint to the league that Portland withheld medical information about Payton’s abdominal injury.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 19 June 2024
But then the subject flunked some reasoning tasks that most young children easily master.
—Carolyn Y. Johnson, Washington Post, 12 June 2024
Following John Angelos as the control person of an MLB team is like presenting a class project after a fellow student flunked his.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 1 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flunk
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Without more specific support, Plaintiff fails to overcome the prejudice to Defendants and public interest factors implicated here.KiMi Robinson, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
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Naples leads 7-6. Jones failed on a 27-yard field goal attempt.Staff Reports, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Dec. 2024
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After France's government collapses:Macron names Francois Bayrou prime minister Scholz has been Germany's chancellor since late 2021, replacing conservative Angela Merkel, who spent 16 years in the role.Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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It’s been anemic for decades but refusing to collapse, like so many empires.Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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The film earned mostly negative reviews and flopped at the box office with $58 million domestically and $206 million worldwide, a far cry from the 2019 original’s $1 billion gross.Zack Sharf, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
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This past weekend, McCord led the Orangemen over the Miami Hurricanes in a major upset while Ohio State....once again flopped against Michigan.Don Yaeger, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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The Los Angeles Police Department closed her missing persons case.James Powel, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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Layoffs, store closures and contract renegotiations are all in the pipeline as the French luxury conglomerate seeks to right its ship after a tougher-than-expected third quarter that saw its star brand Gucci again miss expectations amid a sharp slowdown in China and Japan.Samantha Conti, WWD, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Flunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flunk. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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