failing grade/mark

noun

: a grade/mark that shows that someone did not pass a test or course of study

He received a failing grade/mark in chemistry.

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Nearly 2 in 5 Americans live in areas that had a failing grade for at least one air pollution measure, the report stated. —

Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2024 Nearly 4 in 10 people live in an area that received a failing grade for at least one measure of air pollution, according to the report. —

Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2024 His boss, says Barnett, reposted by giving the inspector, who’d always received top grades in annual performance reviews, a failing mark on his 2014 card. —

Shawn Tully, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2024 The local schools are overcrowded, the infrastructure is beyond capacity, and the engineering study of the intersection of York and Ridgely roads gave it a failing grade. —

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