flunkout

[fluhngk-out]

noun

1. a person who has flunked out of school or a course.

Word History and Origins

Origin of flunkout¹

Noun use of verb phrase flunk out

Example Sentences

When a professorship of Latin at University College London opened up, the meagerly paid government clerk and Oxford flunkout applied for the job.

From Washington Post

Thus he can look back dispassionately on the prep-school flunkout he once was, the aimless youth who had decided, at age 16, to be a writer.

From Time Magazine Archive

Parsons eventually lost its accreditation and earned the nickname of "FlunkOut U."

From Time Magazine Archive