(slang, North America) Someone who has flunked: failed in an examination, been kept back to repeat a grade, or flunked out of school.
(slang, North America) Someone who has flunked: failed in an examination, been kept back to repeat a grade, or flunked out of school.
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(US) One who flunks an academic course.
(ambitransitive) Of a student, to fail a class; to not pass.
Flunkee is an informal American term for someone who has failed (flunked) an academic course or test — a student who didn't make the grade. The '-ee' suffix denotes the recipient of the action: as the student is the one who has been flunked, they become the flunkee. The register is casual and slightly self-deprecating; calling yourself a flunkee is a way of owning failure with a bit of humour. Less common than 'flunker' or 'flunk-out' but follows standard English derivational patterns.
(transitive) Of a teacher, to deny a student a passing grade.