bad name
Example Sentences
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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet told AFP in February that scam centres were destroying his country's economy and giving the nation a bad name, vowing to "clean this out".
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 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
Because honestly, you are giving parents a bad name.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2024
He called her “selfish, deluded and dumb by denigrating science” and said she gives spiritually a bad name.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 12, 2023
"More's the pity. It's swads like him give us rivermen a bad name."
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
