flunk
verb (used without object)
to fail in a course or examination.
have flunked
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present perfectof flunk.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Masse’s professors would have flunked him if he used artificial intelligence for designs and images, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
Highly competent prosecutors have flunked their Brady obligations in far less complicated situations than this.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2023
Thereby did a young 70-year-old man master what so many cranky 70-year-old men have flunked through time: the keenness to ponder a subsequent generation rather than just giving it a lazy lampooning.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2020
In a span of nine days, the Kings have flunked miserably, against the Vancouver Canucks and Nashville Predators, and they know that final exams are right around the corner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2018
We had the eight all made up, but two fellows have flunked cold.
From Dave Darrin's First Year at Annapolis by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
