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bad news

noun

Definitions

  1. News of unpleasant, unfortunate or sad events.

    • Yes, we just heard the bad news yesterday. We're so sorry for your loss.
    • One of the rules of journalism is that news from Africa is always bad news.
    • The mainstream media hones in on bad news stories where UK railways are concerned, yet gives scant attention to the many items of good news emerging from the network.

  2. An irritating, troublesome or harmful object, situation or individual.

    • Mark my words: that guy is bad news.
    • Many are warning Spears that he is bad news and is trying to use her.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bad news. 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