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DUD

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An event that fails badly or is totally ineffectualplay

Example:

the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned

Synonyms:

bomb; dud; turkey

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("dud" is a kind of...):

bust; fizzle; flop (a complete failure)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An explosion that fails to occurplay

Synonyms:

dud; misfire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("dud" is a kind of...):

breakdown; equipment failure (a cessation of normal operation)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Someone who is unsuccessfulplay

Synonyms:

dud; flop; washout

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("dud" is a kind of...):

failure; loser; nonstarter; unsuccessful person (a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Failing to detonate; especially not charged with an active explosiveplay

Example:

he stepped on a dud mine

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

unloaded ((of weapons) not charged with ammunition)

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