flunk

Example Sentences

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It’s saying, “Oh, yay, I get to flunk another math test this week,” when what you mean is that you are freaked out about your consistently terrible grades in math class.

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2024

First she was told that a paper test was no longer an option, and later she was told that you had to flunk a computer test first.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2023

This other teacher is going to flunk me.

From Scientific American • Oct. 13, 2022

Most notably, he did away with the Fed's power to flunk banks based on "qualitative" rather than quantitative grounds.

From Reuters • Jan. 5, 2022

It was an extra-credit project, so I wasn’t going to flunk science if she didn’t like the field guide.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen