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Dud   /dəd/   Listen
Dud

noun
1.
Someone who is unsuccessful.  Synonyms: flop, washout.
2.
An explosion that fails to occur.  Synonym: misfire.
3.
An event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual.  Synonyms: bomb, turkey.  "The meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned"
adjective
1.
Failing to detonate; especially not charged with an active explosive.






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"Dud" Quotes from Famous Books



... explode," answered the soldier. "The Fritzes have fired a lot of them lately. Guess their ammunition must be going back on them. It's only a dud!" ...
— The Moving Picture Boys on the War Front - Or, The Hunt for the Stolen Army Films • Victor Appleton



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