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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Christy Carlson Romano had a sad reaction to failing more than one of the grueling — sometimes even terrifying — tasks on Special Forces: World's Toughest Test.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
30 Jan. 2025
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As a result, the country has implemented policies aimed at preventing gender discrimination, such as a 2018 law that imposes daily fines on companies with 25 or more employees who fail to pay equal wages for equal work.—
Dobrina Zhekova,
Travel + Leisure,
30 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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Then there is the reverse effect – coaches who have great pressers that ultimately flop.—
Scott Thompson,
Fox News,
28 Jan. 2025
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Then, in another sequence, Mahomes took a pratfall, aka flop.—
Bob Raissman,
New York Daily News,
25 Jan. 2025
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Marina Watts,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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However, Rodgers, 41, missed all but four plays of the 2023 season after tearing his Achilles in the season opener against the Bills that year.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Flunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flunk. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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