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Noun
The seeds must have been duds because the plants never grew.
She put on her new duds for the party.
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 6 Jan. 2025
After a total dud of a game against the Lions, Winters doubled down with a brutal game in both coverage and against the run in Arizona.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 5 Jan. 2025
Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2024
Russian cluster munitions reportedly have a dud rate of as high as 40%.
—Riley Rogerson, Anchorage Daily News, 21 July 2023
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Noun
Following an absolute dud of a ceremony last January, the Golden Globes righted its wrongs by offering nominees and viewers something both wholly different and beautifully familiar.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 6 Jan. 2025
After a total dud of a game against the Lions, Winters doubled down with a brutal game in both coverage and against the run in Arizona.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 5 Jan. 2025
Adjective
After back-to-back losses— a dud performance and a choke job — San Francisco played a team wholly inferior in the New England Patriots.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2024
Russian cluster munitions reportedly have a dud rate of as high as 40%.
—Riley Rogerson, Anchorage Daily News, 21 July 2023
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“Dud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dud. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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