dud
dud · duddest
Useless; failing; ineffectiveUseless; failing; ineffective.
/dʌd/
» It's a dud.
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1 senses(not comparable)Useless; failing; ineffective.
More definitions
- failing to detonate; especially not charged with an active explosive
Examples
4 sentencesIt's a dud.
That movie turned out to be a dud.
Their investment in the startup turned out to be a dud.
What a dud.
Origin
From Middle English dudde (“cloak, mantle, kind of cloth; ragged clothing or cloth”), fromFrom Middle English dudde (“cloak, mantle, kind of cloth; ragged clothing or cloth”), from Old English *dudda (attested only as personal name Dudda, part of modern English Dudley), akin to Old Norse dúði (“swaddling clothes”), Low German dudel. Possibly borrowed from the Old Norse word and related to dýja (“to shake, tremble”).
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Forms
, duddestLessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form