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noun

ˈdəd How to pronounce dud (audio)
Definition of dudnext
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as in disaster
something that has failed our first attempt was a complete dud, so we had to start over

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as in clothes
duds plural covering for the human body those are some pretty fancy duds you're wearing

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as in things
duds plural transportable items that one owns you have one hour to pack up your duds and clear out of here

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dud

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adjective

as in defective

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Recent Examples of dud
Noun
Rebrands fall flat, bets don't land, and initiatives become a dud. — Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 Big Tex’s new duds This State Fair of Texas news comes as a full circle moment for Resistol. — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 July 2026
Adjective
In a dud finale against the Detroit Lions in 1991, Wolford got rolled up and suffered a high-ankle sprain that hobbled him throughout the postseason. — Tim Graham, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2026 Duplass’ Michael is a dud, sorta sweet but totally spineless. — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dud
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dud
  1. disaster
  2. clothing
  3. things
  4. defective
  5. failure
  6. dress
  7. stuff
  8. unsatisfactory
Noun
  • The club was rebuilding after the 1958 Munich air disaster but won a first post-Munich trophy, the FA Cup, earlier that year.
    — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • In nearby Anderson in Madison County, Indiana, the mayor declared a local disaster emergency and issued evacuation orders Thursday along the swelling White River and other waterways.
    — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of disaster
Noun
  • Teens are notorious for experimenting with everything from hairstyles to clothing in the name of self-expression.
    — Liz Regalia, Parents, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Brian’s Angels provides immediate need items such as toiletries, nonperishable foods and clothing.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of clothing
Noun
  • The City of Atlanta and Fulton County’s Board of Commissioners have been trading negotiations over the sale of the Atlanta City Detention Center, and things have started to get ugly.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The month of August offers some respite, a chance to reflect and reset before September kicks things into gear once more.
    — Sophie Lou Wilson, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of things
Adjective
  • And since Jace’s death, she’s treated Baela as nothing more than a defective surveillance drone — a worthless piece of tech that never spots Vhagar.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in San Diego County Superior Court, accuses Amazon of selling defective tabletop alcohol-burning fire pits despite a ban on the products in two countries and their link to two deaths and about 60 injuries since 2019.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of defective
Noun
  • The failures of England’s previous generations were multi-faceted, but how much did the national culture feed into the acceptance of their behaviour?
    — Mark Carey, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026
  • These can overwhelm and damage your kidneys, leading to kidney failure.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of failure
Noun
  • And Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum wears dresses and blouses embroidered by Indigenous artisans to honor their textile traditions.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • And while museums are bursting at the seams with paintings of naked women, real women are thrown out of museums for wearing too little (a low-cut dress) or too much (a niqab).
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of dress
Noun
  • The friction is when this starts taking place in smaller resorts, luxury trains, yachts, and where the clientele is specifically paying super high prices to avoid this stuff.
    — Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • This is stuff that these guys have been saying on the record very explicitly for decades.
    — Tonya Mosley, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of stuff
Adjective
  • The redhead, Betty Mayfield, is the most unsatisfactory aspect of the book.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
  • That lack of clarity has led public-health officials to offer somewhat unsatisfactory advice on how to keep yourself safe.
    — Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 11 July 2026
Definition of unsatisfactory

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