Sentence examples for an expensive flop from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "an expensive flop" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a product, project, or event that cost a lot of money but ultimately failed or did not succeed.
Example: "The movie was marketed heavily, but it turned out to be an expensive flop at the box office."
Alternatives: "a costly failure" or "a financial disaster".

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It was an expensive flop.

One is that the park is an expensive flop, attracting few businesses and residents.

In 1997, Cashman pointed out, the Yankees traded for Hideki Irabu, an expensive flop.

But its popularity derived mainly from Hebrew wordplay, and the English production became an expensive flop.

His next film, Revolution (1985), was an expensive flop, and Pacino did not appear in another film for four years.

The battery-driven cars that were supposed to solve the pollution problem have so far been an expensive flop.

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The title change came on top of a major 2008 creative reboot, rumoured to have sent the budget for Tangled/Rapunzel to stratospheric levels ($260m, according to reports) – but better to make a horrifyingly expensive hit, with plenty of upside to accrue via rich ancillary revenues and merchandising, than an averagely expensive flop.

It runs the risk of becoming a hugely expensive flop.

The Cambodian solution was a stupendously expensive flop.

Jones, of course, points out that the project will be a hugely expensive flop.

Indeed, without a turnaround in its downward momentum, "Big Brother" runs the risk of becoming a hugely expensive flop.

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