bad faith

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Recent Examples of bad faith Woods also accused the prosecutor’s office of bad faith negotiating in October after a second and potential third plea deal were squashed at the last minute. Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for bad faith
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bad faith
Noun
  • Next to them the cynicism and dishonesty of Alan Simpson will be placed in sharp contrast.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
  • They are made up, defamatory fiction, and a big price should be paid for this blatant dishonesty.
    Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • In a change election resulting in the closest popular vote since 2000, hypocrisy was a fatal sin.
    Rob Richie, Twin Cities, 12 Mar. 2025
  • To say that God supports states’ right is a familiar form of religious hypocrisy, where the elasticity of the Gospel accommodates whatever hateful political nonsense is circulating at the time.
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But all 12 are saturated with deceit, consternation and heartbreak.
    Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 2 Mar. 2025
  • His real estate business, with finances overseen by a subservient non-CPA, committed so much deceit that the Trump Organization ended up convicted of tax crimes and its former chief financial officer went to jail—twice.
    Dan Alexander, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • While scrutiny of public finance decisions is always welcome, outright duplicity regarding the city’s fiscal plan is a disservice to the residents and businesses that depend on critical infrastructure funded by municipal bonds.
    Pat Dowell, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
  • In her four years on Bravo, the baby girl of Summer House has experienced duplicity, vitriol, and audacity (sometimes all at once from Lindsay Hubbard), but that couldn’t have prepared her for the Peacock competition series.
    Zoë Haylock, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Trickery, obfuscation, and deception are common in local politics.
    Harvey Levine, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Tyler Perry’s latest thriller, Duplicity, hits theaters today, March 20, delivering a suspenseful story of deception, justice, and betrayal.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But conservatism ought not to be equated with populist buffoonery and mendacity.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 14 Oct. 2024
  • And mendacity and brutality and remorseless destruction of people’s lives.
    Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2024

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“Bad faith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bad%20faith. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.

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