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
But the former frontrunner for the job, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, flunked his Mar-a-Lago meeting with Trump.
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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
As of right now, far too many Republicans flunk that test.
—Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2013
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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
As of right now, far too many Republicans flunk that test.
—Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2013
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flunk
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TikTok's last-ditch legal challenge failed on Friday, when the Supreme Court said the law does not violate the First Amendment.—
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
18 Jan. 2025
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Then one of the legs failed and the lander fell over.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
18 Jan. 2025
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Six months later, his rating had collapsed, to just 40 percent.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
15 Jan. 2025
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That are easy to hold during runs, collapse totally flat for travel, and come with straws for sipping?—
Alexis Berger,
SELF,
15 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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However, the Blue Devils could not miss from 3-point range, connecting on 11 threes in the first half alone.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
15 Jan. 2025
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Kyler Alvord,
People.com,
15 Jan. 2025
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“Flunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flunk. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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