Flunks

Word FLUNKS
Character 6
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /flʌŋks/

Definitions and meanings of "Flunks"

What do we mean by flunks?

Of a student, to fail a class; to not pass.

Of a teacher, to deny a student a passing grade.

To shirk (a task or duty).

To back out through fear. (Commonly in the phrase 'flunk it', the 'it' referring to a specific task avoided; sometimes without specific reference describing a person's attitude to life in general.)

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The word "flunks" in example sentences

It is Mr. Goodale's review that "flunks," to borrow your language. ❋ Boccardi, Lou (2005)

If one were in a blue funk of dejection because of failure in a class, he would lend the sympathy that came from his own rich experience in failures, -- not only past but present, for some things that come easy at sixteen come hard at sixty-five, and this man who would accept no favors had to fight his way through "flunks" and "goose-eggs" like the younger members of the class. ❋ William Chandler Bagley (1910)

Patrick Sullivan is wrong when he says public education flunks the test of a public good. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If Busan flunks it and fails to grapple with this broader agenda it will still be playing out the endgame of a previous era, rather than defining the new one. ❋ Unknown (2011)

We think that's cost-effective, because if we draft a guy in the fifth round and we don't have a physical on him and he comes in and flunks, that's a huge amount of money and a huge value that we've thrown away. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Kagan flunks her own "threshold" test of the minimal qualifications needed for a Supreme Court nominee. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In New York City, the main point of contention was what happens after a teacher flunks an evaluation. ❋ Jacob Gershman (2012)

He knows that all too often it's their school system that flunks. ❋ Michele Somerville (2011)

When she flunks her coven's initiation ceremony, she learns her father is a vampire -- and not just any vampire, but a vampire leader, which makes her "some kind of vampire princess" ... ❋ Lyda222 (2010)

Yet, sadly, the superintendent flunks e.i. -- "emotional intelligence." ❋ SaraKay Smullens (2011)

The idea that Dodd is leaving too much discretion in the hands of the regulators indicates that his bill flunks this test. ❋ Unknown (2010)

We don't want to hear how their oldest son, Fitzwilliam Junior, flunks out of Cambridge University and becomes an alcoholic; of how their second son Montmorency becomes a vicar and is found in flagrante delicto with a choirboy, or of how their daughter Esmeralda runs away and becomes a showgirl in Deadwood, S.D. ❋ Alan Elsner (2011)

BTW, education is clearly NOT a public good, as it flunks both the tests of non-excludability and non-rivalrous consumption. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Hypothetically, a student who answers all of the ACT science questions right but flunks the math section may well be judged the same as a student who does moderately well in all four subjects. ❋ Ken Blackwell (2011)

The Obama administration flunks on all three points. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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