• A bomb that bombs
• Bad firecracker
• Big flop
• Bomb
• Bomb bomb
• Bomb not bursting in air?
• Bomb of a bomb
• Bomb that bombed
• Bomb that didn't go off
• Bomb that's a bomb
• Box-office bomb
• Broadway nightmare
• Bummer
• Bust
• Clinker
• Complete failure.
• Cracker that won't crack
• Debacle
• Defective firecracker
• Defective missile
• Disappointing firecracker
• Explosive that doesn't explode
• Failed device
• Failed firework
• Failure
• Failure of a firecracker
• Faulty firecracker
• Fiasco
• Firecracker flop
• Firecracker that doesn't fire
• Firecracker that doesn't go off
• Firecracker that doesn't make a noise
• Firecracker that fails
• Firecracker that fails to explode
• Firecracker that fizzles
• Firework without the pop
• Fizzle
• Fizzled firecracker
• Fizzling firecracker
• Flo
• Flop of a firecracker
• Hardly a success
• Independence Day no-show?
• Ineffective ammo
• Ineffective firecracker
• It crackles but doesn't pop
• It doesn't detonate
• It doesn't end with a bang
• It doesn't go off
• It doesn't go off well
• It fizzles
• It makes no report
• Lead balloon
• Lemon
• Misfire
• Movie that flops
• Nonfunctional bomb
• Nonstarter on Broadway
• Nonworking firecracker
• Not-so-functional firecracker
• Nothing spectacular
• One not going out with a bang?
• One that didn't explode
• One which didn't explode
• Palindromic turkey
• Producer's fear
• Total failure
• Turkey
• Turkey, so to speak
• Unpopped cracker
• Washout
• Waste of fireworks
• Waste of money
• Worthless
• You won't get a bang out of it
• An event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
• An explosion that fails to occur
• (informal) someone who is unsuccessful
• The new system turned out to be a market dud.
• dud results from biotech companies
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So what makes a good investment and what makes a dud?
»Five years ago I bought a dishwasher that proved to be a dud from the start.
The bank accepted 62 cents on the dollar to get the dud loans off its books.
as a doctor he is a dud - как врач он ничего собою не представляет
1. разг. неразорвавшийся снаряд (тж. ~ shell)
2. 1) разг. никчёмный человек; неудачник
as a doctor he is a ~ - как врач он ничего собою не представляет
2) pl отстающие ученики; неполноценные ученики
3. подделка, липа; липовый документ или чек
4. ав. жарг. нелётная погода
2. {dʌd} a1. бесполезный: негодный; тщетный
2. ав. жарг. нелётный
dud n infml The movie proved a box-office dud Фильм оказался не кассовым The story turned out to be a dud Это сообщение оказалось уткой He was a social dud to you Он был тебе не пара