bad name

noun

: bad reputation

A few dishonest players have given the sport a bad name.

Examples of bad name in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But the ones in the videos slamming Hill down and cuffing him for no apparent reason give police a bad name — and disproportionately so. —Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025

Trying to convince America that someone who gave us the aforementioned three items while president would destroy our democracy, gave hyperbole a bad name. —Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 23 Nov. 2024

Those kinds of controllers gave third-party gamepads a bad name—one that persists to this day. —Jaina Grey, WIRED, 20 Apr. 2024

Bluming explained how the results were misinterpreted, not only giving estrogen a bad name but also leading to an unnecessary aversion to a treatment that could, in fact, protect against heart disease, osteoporosis and cognitive decline. —Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 28 Oct. 2024

Not a bad name for a 1700cc single-cylinder chopper. —New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2024

Intraparty democracy sounds like the kind of pious demand that gives democratic theorists a bad name among hard-nosed politicians. —Jan-Werner Müller, Foreign Affairs, 6 Jan. 2022

Much of the Great Society legislation, for example, now seems to embody the sort of hubris that gave liberalism a bad name, and its overreach paved the way for the Reagan counterrevolution of the 1980s. —Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2012

That was the main sentiment: Locals are tired of outsiders giving them a bad name. —Caitlin Tan, NPR, 1 June 2024

Rhymes for bad name

• acclaim
• aflame
• airframe
• ballgame
• became
• declaim
• defame
• disclaim
• doorframe
• exclaim
• inflame
• mainframe