bad name

Example Sentences

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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

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

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 • Nov. 23, 2025

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

He’s going to give the medical profession a bad name by standing up for principle.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller