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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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Two years later, the company behind the disappearing messaging app Snapchat tried selling sunglasses equipped with a camera in vending machines, but the wearable gadget also flopped.

The film flopped - with Time magazine opining that "nothing can save this picture".

From BBC

But throughout the 2025 Emmys telecast, the nice guy comic flailed in the deep end of a flop sweat pool.

From Salon

But the landscape of Indian entertainment has shifted: post-pandemic cinema closures and the rise of streaming have left Bollywood struggling for hits, with big-budget flops shaking its dominance.

From BBC

The format tried in March was a flop, with Silver admitting, “We’re a bit back to the drawing board.”

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

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