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flopped

verb as in fall limply, collapse

verb as in fail miserably

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The latest attempt at a Fantastic Four reboot follows a 2015 adaptation that flopped at the box office and was poorly received by critics.

From BBC

Subsequent singles flopped, and Doechii was, as she later wrote on social media, "drowning in my own vices, battling differences with my label and a creative numbness that broke me".

From BBC

Early versions of Snap’s Spectacles, used for recording videos, and smartglasses such as Google Glass flopped but technology has improved.

“My second film flopped, but it was a very bad film that deserved to flop,” he said frankly, speaking about his career in London in 2004.

That would be an extraordinary success, especially coming after Disney’s latest redo of an animated classic, “Snow White,” flopped badly.

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

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