dud

I don’t do first-date hikes because I don’t like feeling trapped if the guy’s a dud.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

But no, we can confidently report that the Great American State Fair is a big ol’ dud.

From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026

It’s the first day of SpaceX trading, and Wall Street has high hopes it’ll provide a lot more excitement than that dud of a World Cup opener.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 12, 2026

After all, who wants to share a meal and spend hours with someone who might turn out to be a dud?

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026

It does not matter where it was— what does matter is dud Cochin was the castle where the now childless Elaine lived out her lonely middle age.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Costume designer Maya Edmond dresses Big Ant thematically: white tees when he’s trying to be good, black duds when his demons are winning and comic book-y jailbird stripes during his pivotal teenage arrest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Amazon’s Fire smartphone and Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating systems were both duds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

Lucasfilm was hit-and-miss under Kennedy—for every Star Wars success story like The Force Awakens, there were duds like Solo, a spinoff that focuses on original trilogy icon Han Solo.

From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026

The Brisbane Courier Mail claimed England are "not even trying anymore", the Advertiser from Adelaide labelled the tourists "rub a dub duds" and Sydney's Daily Telegraph carried the headline "Surfed and Turfed".

From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2025

“Makes sense to me,” said Aunt Pretty, folding up my new duds.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney