dud
Example Sentences
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The promotional tour for the film was the first clue it was going to be a box office dud.
From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026
‘I’m completely disgusted by the lack of accountability’: I bought a dud mattress — twice.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 31, 2026
Another dud: thematic ETFs tracking the latest hot sector such as quantum computing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026
So, on a purely mechanical level, Dokoupil’s debut was a massive dud.
From Slate • Jan. 6, 2026
What a wonderful idea—take my hat off to you! devil Thank you. dud: Trees—terrific!
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
Vocabulary lists containing dud
Back-Words: Palindromes
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Scrabble: Palindrome Words
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