Flunk — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

failure to reach a minimum required performance

fail to get a passing grade

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/flˈʌŋk/

🇬🇧British English

/flˈʌŋk/

🇮🇳Indian English

/flˈʌŋk/

1 syllable Say it as /flˈʌŋk/.

Examples

his failing the course led to his disqualification
he got two flunks on his report
She studied hard but failed nevertheless

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

flush it failing bomb fail

Antonyms

pass passing

Parts of Speech

noun	failure to reach a minimum required performance “his failing the course led to his disqualification”
verb	fail to get a passing grade “She studied hard but failed nevertheless”

Word Forms

fail	verb	judge unacceptable
failing	noun	failure to reach a minimum required performance
bomb	noun	an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

durchfallen

Nichterreichen einer erforderlichen Mindestleistung

🇫🇷French

raté

incapacité à atteindre une performance minimale requise

🇪🇸Spanish

suspender

no alcanzar el rendimiento mínimo requerido

🇮🇹Italian

bocciatura

mancato raggiungimento della prestazione minima richiesta

🇳🇱Dutch

zakte

het niet bereiken van de minimaal vereiste prestaties

🇵🇹Portuguese

reprovado

falha em atingir um desempenho mínimo exigido

🇷🇺Russian

провалиться

неспособность достичь минимально необходимой производительности

India

🇮🇳Hindi

फ़्लंक

न्यूनतम आवश्यक प्रदर्शन तक पहुँचने में विफलता

🇧🇩Bengali

frank

একটি ন্যূনতম প্রয়োজনীয় কর্মক্ষমতা পৌঁছানোর ব্যর্থতা

🇮🇳Tamil

ஃப்ளங்க்

தேவையான குறைந்தபட்ச செயல்திறனை அடைவதில் தோல்வி

🇮🇳Telugu

మెత్తగా

కనీస అవసరమైన పనితీరును చేరుకోవడంలో వైఫల్యం

🇮🇳Marathi

झुकणे

किमान आवश्यक कामगिरी गाठण्यात अपयश

🇮🇳Gujarati

ફંક

ન્યૂનતમ જરૂરી કામગીરી સુધી પહોંચવામાં નિષ્ફળતા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಚದುರಿದ

ಕನಿಷ್ಠ ಅಗತ್ಯವಿರುವ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ಷಮತೆಯನ್ನು ತಲುಪಲು ವಿಫಲವಾಗಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഫ്ലങ്ക്

ആവശ്യമായ ഏറ്റവും കുറഞ്ഞ പ്രകടനത്തിലെത്താൻ പരാജയം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਭੜਕਣਾ

ਘੱਟੋ-ਘੱਟ ਲੋੜੀਂਦੀ ਕਾਰਗੁਜ਼ਾਰੀ ਤੱਕ ਪਹੁੰਚਣ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਸਫਲਤਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

جھک جانا

کم از کم مطلوبہ کارکردگی تک پہنچنے میں ناکامی۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

不及格

未能达到最低要求的性能

🇯🇵Japanese

失敗した

最低限必要なパフォーマンスに達していない

🇰🇷Korean

낙제

최소 요구 성능에 도달하지 못함

🇻🇳Vietnamese

thất bại

không đạt được hiệu suất yêu cầu tối thiểu

🇹🇭Thai

เหวี่ยง

ล้มเหลวในการเข้าถึงประสิทธิภาพขั้นต่ำที่ต้องการ

🇮🇩Indonesian

gagal

kegagalan untuk mencapai kinerja minimum yang disyaratkan

🇵🇭Filipino

malabo

pagkabigo na maabot ang pinakamababang kinakailangang pagganap

🇲🇾Malay

terkedek-kedek

kegagalan untuk mencapai prestasi minimum yang diperlukan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

فشل

الفشل في الوصول إلى الحد الأدنى من الأداء المطلوب

🇮🇷Persian

پرتاب

عدم دستیابی به حداقل عملکرد مورد نیاز

🇹🇷Turkish

başarısız olmak

gerekli minimum performansa ulaşılamaması

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְהַכשִׁיל

אי הגעה למינימום הביצועים הנדרשים

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