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
At this point, far too many Americans have flunked that test.
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Matthew Continetti, National Review, 14 Dec. 2024
But the former frontrunner for the job, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, flunked his Mar-a-Lago meeting with Trump.
—Axios, 1 Dec. 2024
Another flunked a simple entry-level test on how to read a meter.
—Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2024
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
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Matthew Continetti, National Review, 14 Dec. 2024
But the former frontrunner for the job, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, flunked his Mar-a-Lago meeting with Trump.
—Axios, 1 Dec. 2024
Another flunked a simple entry-level test on how to read a meter.
—Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2024
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
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On the other hand, one failing component could indicate that other parts of the oven will fail soon too.—
Kamron Sanders,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Jan. 2025
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But the group failed to anticipate how the conflict might end.—
Erika Solomon,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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According to a 2021 Government Accountability Office report, collapsing the D.C. office drove out the agency’s most experienced employees and more than doubled the number of vacancies.—
Frederick Reimers,
Outside Online,
27 Jan. 2025
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Because several portions of the building had collapsed, firefighters were attempting to subdue the blaze from outside, Baltimore County Fire Department Cpt.—
Todd Karpovich,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Jan. 2025
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If the main trunk of the jade has gotten wildly overgrown and is flopping over under its own weight, lop it off.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Jan. 2025
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Which leads us to Better Man’s bitterest irony: All anecdotal evidence suggests the movie flopped precisely because the Williams-as-mo-cap-chimp conceit was just too highbrow to put butts in seats.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
16 Jan. 2025
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Butler would return and play three games, but his second suspension came after missing a team flight for a road trip last Wednesday, resulting in another two games being docked.—
Scott Thompson,
Fox News,
27 Jan. 2025
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If there is a second set of eyes and ears during a visit with the healthcare provider, things are less likely to be missed.—
Julie Scott, MSN, ANP-BC, AOCNP,
Verywell Health,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Flunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flunk. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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