flunked; flunking; flunks
: to fail especially in an examination or course
flunker
noun
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Examples of flunk in a Sentence
Verb
If I flunk this class, I have to take it over again.
If I flunk, I have to take this class over again.
The teacher had to flunk two students.
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Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 19 June 2024
But then the subject flunked some reasoning tasks that most young children easily master.
—Carolyn Y. Johnson, Washington Post, 12 June 2024
Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 4 May 2024
The San Ramon Valley Unified School District’s two measures on a special May 7 election ballot flunk both tests.
—East Bay Times Editorial, The Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2024
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Verb
The Warriors pushed the trade through despite Payton flunking his physical, reportedly filing a complaint to the league that Portland withheld medical information about Payton’s abdominal injury.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 19 June 2024
But then the subject flunked some reasoning tasks that most young children easily master.
—Carolyn Y. Johnson, Washington Post, 12 June 2024
Noun
He’s also had 30 horses flunk drug tests in that time and 74 horses die in his care since 2000.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 4 May 2024
The San Ramon Valley Unified School District’s two measures on a special May 7 election ballot flunk both tests.
—East Bay Times Editorial, The Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2024
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“Flunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flunk. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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