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dud

UK
/dʌd/
US
/dʌd/

Traduzioni

dudnoun
duds
pl
UK
/dʌd/
US
/dʌd/
The firework was a dud and didn't explode.
Фейерверк оказался пустышкой и не взорвался.
He felt like a dud after failing the exam.
Он чувствовал себя неудачником после провала на экзамене.
Traduzioni aggiuntive
осечка
брак
Sinonimi
flop
bomb
washout
disappointment
failure
dudadjective
UK
/dʌd/
US
/dʌd/
Generally not comparable; used attributively to describe something ineffective or worthless.
The movie was a dud and didn't impress the audience.
Фильм был неудачным и не произвел впечатления на зрителей.
Sinonimi
dysfunctional
unreliable
no-good
ineffectual
broken
malfunctioning
defective
faulty
unsuccessful
worthless
useless
ineffective

Definizioni

dudnoun
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.
dudadjective
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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