bad name
Example Sentences
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Sheku Tarawallie, president of Sierra Leone's Council of Traditional Healers, is adamant that "diabolic" juju men like Kanu are giving healers a bad name.
From BBC
Critics of “Tár” have said Blanchett should be ashamed of herself for playing a monstrous woman, someone who gives a bad name to U-Haul lesbians and female conductors everywhere.
From Los Angeles Times
Mr Jones said: "When people of Amanda Blanc quality leave, it makes you wonder what is going on. Those comments give dinosaurs a bad name and these are the people governing the game in Wales."
From BBC
“It only takes one to give them a bad name.”
From Los Angeles Times
Americans in Paris think “Emily in Paris” is giving them a bad name.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
