DUD

dud

(adjective) failing to detonate; especially not charged with an active explosive; “he stepped on a dud mine”

turkey, bomb, dud

(noun) an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; “the first experiment was a real turkey”; “the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned”

misfire, dud

(noun) an explosion that fails to occur

flop, dud, washout

(noun) someone who is unsuccessful

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

dud (plural duds)

(informal) A device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile.

(informal) A failure of any kind.

(informal) A loser; an unlucky person.

A lottery ticket that does not give a payout.

(obsolete, informal) Clothes, now always used in plural form duds.

Synonyms

• (losing lottery ticket): blank

Anagrams

• DDU, UDD

Source: Wiktionary

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