flunk

Example Sentences

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It’s saying, “Oh, yay, I get to flunk another math test this week,” when what you mean is that you are freaked out about your consistently terrible grades in math class.

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2024

This other teacher is going to flunk me.

From Scientific American • Oct. 13, 2022

At MIT, meteorology majors who flunk Forecasting 101 are encouraged to switch to economics.

From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2022

Quarles tried to make the tests more transparent and predictable for banks, including scrapping a “qualitative” objection that allowed the Fed to flunk lenders on subjective grounds.

From Reuters • Sep. 23, 2021

If you flunk out of law school, you have to go to work at your father’s insurance company.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt