Shraddha Kapoor

My first film was a big dud at the box office, and my second film did decently. I used to wonder how it would feel to have a hit film. I thought I'd be larger than life, but I'm not feeling anything I imagined. It's a completely different experience.

Indian Actress

Carmen Dell'Orefice

I respect Gloria Steinem enormously. But I never wanted to be in any kind of movement - and if you're over a certain age, you better keep your bra on because nothing's worse than saggy duds.

American Model

Phil Elverum

I buy some black metal records kind of blindly, and I end up really liking maybe 30% of them. There's a lot of duds, for me at least, in black metal. I have kind of picky tastes about it.

American Musician

Martha Kelly

People who don't know that I do comedy think I'm shy, kind of a dud, and I don't have the wherewithal to prove them wrong. It takes me a long time to get to know people.

American Comedian

Jenna Fischer

I know so many amazing actors who don't get work... and then there are a bunch of real duds that work all the time. The industry is just not fair in that way.

American Actress

Samantha Akkineni

I just want my films to work. The hit or flop verdict really affects me. I seriously analyse what went wrong if a film turns out to be a dud!

Stone Cold Steve Austin

A great gimmick is a great gimmick, but on a dud, it just doesn't work. It comes down to talent.

American Actor

Lee Unkrich

Every one of us at Pixar is worried that we're going to be the one to make the dud.

American Director

Sharon Needles

In the past, when I lacked designer duds, I simply relied on my hot glue gun.

American Entertainer

Sean Duffy

Hillary Clinton is a dud. She's horrible.

American Politician

Use 'dud' to describe something ineffective or of poor quality.

Item Quality

Express disappointment when something doesn't meet expectations.

Expectation vs Reality

Commonly used when electronic devices malfunction.

Electronic Devices

Indicates relief when an explosive device fails to go off.

Safety Relief

Often used in military or law enforcement contexts.

Military Language

Can conversely cause initial panic or concern due to potential danger.

False Alarm

Suggests someone has surface appeal but lacks depth.

Shallow Judgement

Negative assessment of someone's social skills.

Social Interactions

Emphasizes that the person prioritizes appearance over qualities like personality.

Fashion Focus

 think of some ways to sort of raise awareness to this issue and we sort of came across the idea of gorilla geography and this was the very first thing we did a few years ago this policeman moves in the moment he's bit grumpy and actually that that these security cameras are dud security cameras there's nothing in them and we

Daniel Raven-Ellison:...

 And of those 10 percent that landed, 16 percent didn't even go off; they were duds. The Leuna chemical plant, after one of the most extensive bombings in the history of the war, was up and running within weeks. And by the way, all those precautions

Malcolm Gladwell: The...

 Since patients wouldn't know whether they'd received the real thing or a dud, the results wouldn't be biased, researchers believed. Then, if the new drug showed a significant benefit compared to the placebo, it was proved effective.

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