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dud

/dʌd/

dudnoun

duds

/dʌd/

Translations

пустышка

The firework was a dud and didn't explode.

Фейерверк оказался пустышкой и не взорвался.

неудачник

He felt like a dud after failing the exam.

Он чувствовал себя неудачником после провала на экзамене.

Additional translations

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Definitions

A thing that fails to work properly or is otherwise unsatisfactory or worthless.

The new phone turned out to be a dud, as it stopped working after just a week.

An explosive device that fails to detonate.

The bomb squad carefully removed the dud from the construction site.

A person regarded as a failure or disappointment.

Everyone expected him to excel, but he turned out to be a dud.

(informal, usually plural) Clothes; garments.

He bought some flashy new duds for the party.

Synonyms

dudadjective

/dʌd/

Generally not comparable; used attributively to describe something ineffective or worthless.

Translations

неудачный

The movie was a dud and didn't impress the audience.

Фильм был неудачным и не произвел впечатления на зрителей.

Definitions

Ineffective, worthless, or counterfeit; not functioning or genuinely what it purports to be.

We threw away the dud batteries after they failed to power the flashlight.

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