bum deal
Example Sentences
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Pearl Jam protested the practices of Columbia House, and the bum deal it gave artists, but made little headway as the club boomed to 16 million members in the 1990s.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026
I take no pleasure in hating “With Love, Meghan” — Markle is a local gal who inarguably got a very bum deal in her early married life, and I honestly want her to succeed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2025
This isn’t only a bum deal for the citizens of Gotham.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2022
If you’d asked me whether it was worth it right then, I would have said no, we got the raw side of a bum deal.
From The Verge ● Apr. 13, 2015
Tuesday night we have to double back to Greenwich, and that's where Charlie gave us the bum deal.
From You Can Search Me by Hugh McHugh
