dud
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7.2
Does not explode when it should
- adjective
- /dʌd/
:
sin detonar
- Engineers inspected the dud device to determine why it did not ignite as planned.
Examples
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- They might be ancient and obviously pretty much dud but they're still dangerously volatile.
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The two programs are completely different, with one having a ton more benefits and being actually worth the low pay (PC), and one being a totally dud organization (AmeriCorps).
Blog text (13) -
The army discovered a dud bomb that failed to detonate during the operation.
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After the fireworks display, several dud rockets were found scattered across the field.
Synonyms
unexploded
vsdud
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6.9
A bomb or shell that has not exploded and is still dangerous
fails to ignite or detonate as intended
How Effective
Surface Forms
dud positive
Etymology
Dud probably comes from an older word duds that meant 'clothes' or 'rags' and later came to mean a 'worthless thing'. So a dud used about a bomb or shell means it was 'worthless' at its job because it failed to explode.