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
If you flunk three times, as Moon did before passing on her fourth try, you have to pay another $41 fee to start a new round of test-taking.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2023
This other teacher is going to flunk me.
From Scientific American • Oct. 13, 2022
Most notably, he did away with the Fed's power to flunk banks based on "qualitative" rather than quantitative grounds.
From Reuters • Jan. 5, 2022
I doubted she’d actually flunk everyone, but there was a chance, and they would blame me.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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