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flop

noun as in miserable failure

verb as in fall limply, collapse

verb as in fail miserably

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Pfizer knows this since several drugs that it has acquired in recent years have flopped in trials.

The box office has been in the doldrums for years, with fewer hits, more flops and lower total receipts than before the pandemic.

Konstas was brought back for the subsequent tour of the West Indies, where he too flopped.

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Few are arguing that artificial intelligence will flop as a technology.

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The relationship with Trudeau "changes the subject from a flop album and from a tour that seemed a little thirsty and misguided and makes us talk about something else".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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