bad faith

noun

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: lack of honesty in dealing with other people

She accused her landlord of bad faith because he had promised to paint the apartment but never did it.

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There’s a certain segment of the entertainment press that seems determined to hold it on a pedestal despite how genuinely terrible the writing was and how unsatisfying its mystery and revelations were, not to mention its bad faith attempts at drawing narrative connections to the first season. —

Erik Kain, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025 Commission staff push back against other claims as bad faith attacks. —

Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 11 Sep. 2024 In Korea and Vietnam, the Soviet Union and its partners stalled negotiations, insisting on the most pedantic points, accusing the U.S. of bad faith, and starting with outlandish demands that, if the U.S. were to satisfy them, would have amounted to capitulation. —

Niall Ferguson, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024 Taken in bad faith, some of these things might sound like apologia or good fortune, but that is the nature of tennis and of seizing the moment: winning against what is immediately in front of you. —

James Hansen, The Athletic, 13 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bad faith