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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are flop" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to describe something as unsuccessful or failing, but it lacks proper grammatical structure.
Example: "The last few movies from that director are a flop."
Alternatives: "are failures" or "are unsuccessful."
Dictionary
are flop
noun
An incident of a certain type of fall; a plopping down.
Exact(1)
Because not all calculation are FLOP dominated, for example load balancing and tree construction, the effective speed-up is more like 3×.
Similar(59)
"The players are flopped out by the pool.
Steinbrenner was miserable because his team is flopping.
" 'Don't be flopping like that Karl Malone stuff.
And there it was, flopping in the dust.
Her head was flopped forward, now too heavy to lift.
It should be flopping.
One trend that's becoming more commonplace is flopping.
Catfish were flopping around in an inch of water.
In America, some are hits, some are flops.
"I was flop," he announced.
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