Wondering how to use Dud in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as flop or bust.
Dud in a sentence
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Dud meaning
- A device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile.
- A failure of any kind.
Synonyms of Dud
Using Dud
- The main meaning on this page is: A device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile. | A failure of any kind. | A failure of any kind.
- Useful related words include: flop, bust, bomb, turkey.
- In the example corpus, dud often appears in combinations such as: was dud, of dud, dud the.
Context around Dud
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dud
- In this selection, "dud" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, reduced, complete, hyped, rate, rates and cheques stand out and add context to how "dud" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a reduced dud rate meaning and have a dud rate of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dud" sits close to words such as adamson, adapts and adeyemi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dud
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Thornton has been a complete dud at wideout. (8 words)
A masterpiece to some is an over-hyped dud to others. (11 words)
It is currently not known if the shell is live or a dud. (13 words)
Volunteers with the Syria Civil Defense assist three people, a child, his uncle and his aunt, who suffered injuries after a dud submunition exploded in front of their house on October 7, in the city of Termanin, Syria. (38 words)
Russian cluster munitions reportedly have a "dud rate" of 40 per cent, meaning large numbers remain a hazard on the ground, whereas the average is believed to be close to 20 per cent. (33 words)
Yet, as the Trump–Russia investigation turned out to be a dud, the establishment crowd had to acknowledge that it was primarily domestic forces driving the populist message, Benz noted. (30 words)
The holiday retail season looks to be a dud. The retail industry didn’t hire as usual, and who knows the outlook better than the retail executives themselves? (28 words)
Two monster games and just one dud in four games, what’s not to like? (15 words)
Example sentences (20)
Adidas’s new C.E.O., Bjorn Gulden, confirmed this week that 2022 was a dud. The German sportswear giant swung to its first annual loss in 31 years.
Although initially a dud for Disney, it would linger as a cult hit and eventually get the chance to shine again with opposite a returning Bridges.
But human rights groups have said the Pentagon has not been transparent with the data on dud rates and are calling for more clarity.
But it also knows another dud will likely end the Broncos’ playoff hopes, especially considering its backed by an offense that’s been league average, Parker Gabriel reports.
By comparison, Russian cluster weapons, also said to be in use during their invasion of Ukraine, are claimed by Western officials to have a dud rate of 30%.
He was charged on nine counts bordering on the issuance of dud cheques and stealing.
If it was a dud, it would have been more likely to go straight to streaming.
If the Chesapeake striper spawn is a dud again this year, it will be the fifth year in the last eight of disastrously low recruitment to the population.
It is currently not known if the shell is live or a dud.
Russian cluster munitions reportedly have a "dud rate" of 40 per cent, meaning large numbers remain a hazard on the ground, whereas the average is believed to be close to 20 per cent.
The holiday retail season looks to be a dud. The retail industry didn’t hire as usual, and who knows the outlook better than the retail executives themselves?
Thornton has been a complete dud at wideout.
Two monster games and just one dud in four games, what’s not to like?
US leaders have said the country will send a version of the munition that has a reduced “dud rate,” meaning fewer of the smaller bomblets fail to explode.
U.S. leaders have said the transfer involves a version of the munition that has a reduced "dud rate," meaning fewer of the smaller bomblets fail to explode.
Volunteers with the Syria Civil Defense assist three people, a child, his uncle and his aunt, who suffered injuries after a dud submunition exploded in front of their house on October 7, in the city of Termanin, Syria.
We’ve never had a dud holiday, we’ve had holidays where things haven’t gone quite to plan but you just adjust, after all you’re on holidays.
We were surprised when Dud walked into the auditorium carrying his accordion and waving to the crowd.
Yet, as the Trump–Russia investigation turned out to be a dud, the establishment crowd had to acknowledge that it was primarily domestic forces driving the populist message, Benz noted.
A masterpiece to some is an over-hyped dud to others.
Common combinations with dud
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- was dud 9×
- of dud 5×
- dud the 4×
- dud rate 4×
- dud in 4×
- dud and 4×
- another dud 3×
- be dud 3×
- complete dud 3×
- dud for 2×