Synonyms
Examples of dud in a Sentence
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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Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 17 Mar. 2024
Despite his new respectability — and new duds — Cooper remained a champion of free public speech.
—Michael Jackman, Detroit Free Press, 9 Mar. 2024
Sadly, West’s performance (or non-performance), during his headlining set to kick off the 10th anniversary of the festival turned out to be a dud.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
Related Articles Problems at Mattel: Despite ‘Barbie’ success, its stock is a dud.
—Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 29 Feb. 2024
The securities were generally a dud bet as recently as 2017, when several large hurricanes slammed into the US and investors were called on to cough up the cash needed to cover property losses.
—Sheryl Tian Tong Lee, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2024
Those are two prominent examples of clutch chances for Tagovailoa, but that’s not to say all his late drives were duds.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2024
Survivor: Thailand The fake merge and brutal last challenge—where the final three had to hold coins between their fingers in a crazy painful pose—keep this dud out of the bottom spot.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 22 Dec. 2023
Likewise, the mass of free signings and loan acquisitions, like Joao Felix, Franck Kessie, Adama Traore and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, have also been in the vast majority duds.
—Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
Riley Rogerson, Anchorage Daily News, 21 July 2023
Noun
Until clutch time, Jokic and Murray had rare coinciding duds, especially from a shot-making standpoint.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 17 Mar. 2024
Despite his new respectability — and new duds — Cooper remained a champion of free public speech.
—Michael Jackman, Detroit Free Press, 9 Mar. 2024
Sadly, West’s performance (or non-performance), during his headlining set to kick off the 10th anniversary of the festival turned out to be a dud.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
Related Articles Problems at Mattel: Despite ‘Barbie’ success, its stock is a dud.
—Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 29 Feb. 2024
The securities were generally a dud bet as recently as 2017, when several large hurricanes slammed into the US and investors were called on to cough up the cash needed to cover property losses.
—Sheryl Tian Tong Lee, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2024
Those are two prominent examples of clutch chances for Tagovailoa, but that’s not to say all his late drives were duds.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2024
Survivor: Thailand The fake merge and brutal last challenge—where the final three had to hold coins between their fingers in a crazy painful pose—keep this dud out of the bottom spot.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 22 Dec. 2023
Likewise, the mass of free signings and loan acquisitions, like Joao Felix, Franck Kessie, Adama Traore and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, have also been in the vast majority duds.
—Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
Adjective
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 18 Apr. 2024.
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