flunk
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5.5
- noun
- /flʌŋk/
- Informal
:
suspenso
- "Maybe my flunking out was a covert rebellion."
Examples
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His final exam grade of 45% was a clear flunk for the course.
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Or since 50% of law grads never get jobs, how about making the pass/flunk cutoff the halfway mark for the starting class for all ABA schools?
Blog text (12) -
An F for flunking, F for failure.
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That's what I call really flunking.
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Good luck flunking.
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Third, it fails to control for the relationship between age and fertility but flunks in a way that is demographically and historically interpretable.
Academic text (1996) -
Stopping out, dropping classes, flunking courses, and attending mostly part-time seem to depict the community college portion of a transfer student's academic career.
Academic text (1995) -
The teacher gave us a warning that a flunk on this test would affect our overall grades.
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A flunk in math this semester meant she had to retake the class next year.
Synonyms
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A case of not reaching the required standard in a test
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Etymology
The word flunk as a noun comes from the same American slang and means 'a failure', especially at school. Think of a quick flop in an exam — a flunk is the failing result of that fall.