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(dʌd)
Word forms: plural duds
adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Dud means not working properly or not successful.
[informal]
He replaced a dud valve.
Synonyms: faulty, broken, failed, damaged More Synonyms of dud
Dud is also a noun.
The mine was a dud.
More Synonyms of dud

dud in British English

(dʌd) informal
noun
1. 
a person or thing that proves ineffectual or a failure
2. 
a shell, etc, that fails to explode
3. (plural) old-fashioned
clothes or other personal belongings
adjective
4. 
failing in its purpose or function
a dud cheque
Word origin
C15 (in the sense: an article of clothing, a thing, used disparagingly): of unknownorigin

dud in American English

(dʌd)
Informal
noun
1. 
a bomb, etc. that fails to explode
2. 
an ineffectual person or thing
adjective
3. 
worthless
Word origin
prob. < Du dood, dead

Examples of 'dud' in a sentence
dud

For the full list of dud funds go to thetimes.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The older ones with their dud advice and the younger ones with their idiotic anxieties.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The duds keeping one job ahead of their last disaster would be found out and punished.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
But two of the most widely touted solutions have proved to be duds.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
There were a lot of dud shells and that saved us.
The Sun (2006)
Has it been a golden year or yet another dud?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
There are a few duds but many gems.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
But how many duds must they endure along the way?
The Sun (2007)
But don't end up with a dud one on the big day.
The Sun (2013)
If this proves a dud it's time to move on.
The Sun (2011)
Now they are so terrified of picking another dud they want to put the next one on a three-year trial.
The Sun (2015)
It is not just a miracle of acting and observation, but there is not one dud sketch in the show.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In return for richly rewarding our finest teachers, tens of thousands of proven duds would also be given the boot.
The Sun (2012)
Everything points to it not having been ticking down as he worked, but instead that it was merely another dud.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He says anyone with money in a dud fund should at least take a look and see if they ought to switch investments into something else.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But the issue is much bigger than just one dud Vice Chancellor.
The Sun (2015)
These are the result of dud loans passed on by the previous, reckless, managers.
The Sun (2009)
ANOTHER horror remake, another dud.
The Sun (2009)

In other languages
dud

British English: dud ADJECTIVE
Dud means not working properly or not successful.
He replaced a dud valve.
  • American English: dud
  • Brazilian Portuguese: falso
  • Chinese: 无用的
  • European Spanish: en mal estado
  • French: nase
  • German: kaputt
  • Italian: guasto
  • Japanese: だめな
  • Korean: 망가진
  • European Portuguese: falso
  • Latin American Spanish: en mal estado

1 (noun) 
The mine was a dud.
Synonyms
imitation
the most accurate imitation of Chinese architecture in Europe
copy
Always keep a copy of everything in your own files.
reproduction
a reproduction of a religious painting
hoax
forgery
The letter was a forgery.
phoney or phony (informal)
2 (noun) 
Definition
an ineffectual person or thing
He's been a dud from day one.
Synonyms
failure
I just felt I had been a failure in my personal life.
flop (informal)
The public decide whether a film is a hit or a flop.
washout (informal)
The concert was a total washout.
clinker (slang, mainly US)
clunker (informal)
1 (adjective) 
Definition
bad or useless
He replaced a dud valve.
Synonyms
faulty
They will repair the faulty equipment.
broken
a broken guitar and a rusty snare drum
failed
damaged
bust (informal)
not working
useless
flawed
the unique beauty of a flawed object
impaired
The blast left him with permanently impaired vision.
duff (British, informal)
A couple of duff tracks prevent this being a masterpiece.
worthless
defective
Retailers can return defective merchandise.
imperfect
We live in an imperfect world.
malfunctioning
out of order
The espresso machine is out of order.
unsound
The thinking is muddled and fundamentally unsound.
not functioning
valueless
on the blink
an old TV that's on the blink
inoperative
The mine has been inoperative since May last year.
kaput (informal)
2 (adjective) 
Definition
bad or useless
He used a dud cheque to pay the bill.
Synonyms
fake
The bank manager is said to have issued fake certificates.
false
He paid for a false passport.
forged
She was carrying a forged American passport.
sham
The election has been denounced as a sham by world leaders.
counterfeit
He admitted possessing and delivering counterfeit currency.
pinchbeck
phoney or phony (informal)

Additional synonyms

in the sense of broken
Definition
not functioning
a broken guitar and a rusty snare drum
Synonyms
defective,
not working,
ruined,
imperfect,
out of order,
not functioning,
on the blink (slang),
on its last legs,
kaput (informal)
in the sense of copy
Definition
a thing made to look exactly like another
Always keep a copy of everything in your own files.
Synonyms
reproduction,
duplicate,
photocopy,
carbon copy (old-fashioned),
image,
print,
fax (old-fashioned),
representation,
fake,
replica,
imitation,
forgery,
counterfeit,
Xerox (old-fashioned),
transcription,
likeness,
replication,
facsimile,
Photostat (old-fashioned)
in the sense of counterfeit
Definition
pretended
He admitted possessing and delivering counterfeit currency.
Synonyms
fake,
copied,
false,
forged,
imitation,
bogus,
simulated,
sham,
fraudulent,
feigned,
spurious,
ersatz,
phoney or phony (informal),
pseud or pseudo (informal)

Nearby words of
dud

  • duck
  • duct
  • ductile
  • dud
  • dudgeon
  • due
  • due to

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