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

With the new systems, they can still flunk, and they are still responsible for making academic progress.

From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 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 • Nov. 8, 2021

“I’ll do rotten in school. I’ll do so rotten, they’ll have to flunk me back to third grade.”

From "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli