bad name

noun

: bad reputation
A few dishonest players have given the sport a bad name.

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This is laugh out loud rich coming from the father of FIFA corruption, the man who gave FIFA its bad name. — Miami Herald, 30 July 2026 And some tourists give the rest a bad name by behaving badly, even destructively. — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 20 July 2026 Billionaires are getting a bad name. — Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 29 May 2026 The 2019 screen fiasco, which found countless ways to humiliate a cast that included Taylor Swift and Judi Dench, gave kitsch a bad name. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for bad name

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“Bad name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bad%20name. Accessed 3 Aug. 2026.

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