lemon

noun

ˈle-mən How to pronounce lemon (audio)
Definition of lemonnext
as in disaster
something that has failed the used car he bought turned out to be a lemon, and he soon had trouble starting the thing

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Recent Examples of lemon If 2026 has given some people lemons, it’s been all lemonade for aespa. — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2026 Her shoe wardrobe ranges from classic block-heel ballerinas to whimsical dainty sandals adorned with lemons. — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026 These tubers have fetched $600 per kilo at auction, growing in three months and yielding a delicate, lemon-y or salty taste. — Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2026 Place onion, apple, lemon quarters, and herb sprigs inside cavity. — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lemon
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lemon
  1. disaster
  2. failure
  3. bust
  4. loser
  5. disappointment
  6. frost
  7. bomb
  8. catastrophe
Noun
  • Residents, meanwhile, can give firefighters the best shot at stopping a potential disaster by clearing flammable vegetation in their yards and fire-hardening their homes.
    — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The goal, ultimately, is not to eat our way out of an ecological disaster.
    — Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of disaster
Noun
  • Even if Theranos had a functioning testing machine, the economic model on which is was based would result in failure.
    — Torie Bosch, STAT, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Even among voters who want Republicans to retain control, 17% cited weak AI and data center oversight — second only to a failure to bring down prices.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of failure
Noun
  • Below the bust, the dress boasted a pale corset-style midriff with triangular cutouts that wrapped around to the back of the design.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 23 Oct. 2026
  • That circumspection is the result of some hard lessons from a century of booms and busts.
    — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of bust
Noun
  • The losers will be SpaceX’s current shareholders that give up almost half their company for puny profits and big promises.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The contract will also usually provide for prevailing-party attorney’s fees, meaning the loser must repay the winner’s attorney’s fees.
    — Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of loser
Noun
  • Charli expressed her disappointment over the cancelation and promised to return to Arizona in the future.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Advertising may not be broken, but also made for a disappointment.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of disappointment
Noun
  • Lows Friday night could fall into the 30s across many suburbs, with patchy frost possible north and west of Philadelphia.
    — Kate Bilo, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • But as summer turns to fall, her rituals grow cozier, moving indoors while also recognizing the beauty of the new chill in the air, the crisp frost on the leaves.
    — Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of frost
Noun
  • Russia launched more than 20 attacks on Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region overnight into Sunday, using drones and an aerial bomb, according to local authorities.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • In the bottom of the 3rd, the Brewers tied it with a two-run bomb of their own off Bryce Turang’s bat.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of bomb
Noun
  • Without an authoritative accounting, Eisenkot argues, the country cannot fully reckon with the catastrophe.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Retreating Iraqi forces set fire to hundreds of oil wells in Kuwait creating an environmental catastrophe felt throughout the Gulf.
    — Paula Hancocks, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of catastrophe

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