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Nouns (3)

n. an explosion that fails to occur

n. an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned"

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Adjectives (1)

dud

adj. failing to detonate; especially not charged with an active explosive; "he stepped on a dud mine"

Fuzzynyms (14)

force, forcefulness, strength

n. physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man"

insufficiency, inadequacy, deficiency

n. lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"

decay, decline

n. a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

worsening

n. changing something with the result that it becomes worse

ebb, ebbing, wane

n. a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

bankruptcy, failure

n. inability to discharge all your debts as they come due; "the company had to declare bankruptcy"; "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks"

Synonyms (1)

unproductive

adj. not producing desired results; "the talks between labor and management were unproductive"

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failure > strength > one > obligatory > acrid > unsatisfactorily > calumniatory > dud

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