bad name
Example Sentences
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Kenyan civil servant Geoffrey Mosiria, who has a big following on social media, has called for the Netflix show to be banned in Kenya as it is gives polygamy a bad name.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 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.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet said on Wednesday that scam centres were destroying his country's economy and giving the nation a bad name -- pushing back on allegations of government connivance.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
Where McCann is a firecracker, Ava Dash is a total snooze, the kind of monotone, self-obsessed personality that gives Gen Z a bad name.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2025
A lot of the stuff that gives my neighborhood a bad name, I don't really mess with.
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
