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bad business

noun

Etymology

From bad + business.

  1. inherited from bisiġnes — “business, busyness”
  2. inherited from busines
  3. compounded as bad business — “bad + business”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of bad news (“irritating, troublesome or harmful thing, situation or person”).

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bad, business.

    • It's bad business to disregard clients' opinions.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bad business. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA