bad news
noun
plural in form but singular in construction
: one that is troublesome, unwelcome, or dangerous
stay away from him, he's bad news
Examples of bad news in a Sentence
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Diane Turner spends most of her holiday season looking for bad news.
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Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 25 Nov. 2025
The issue is that All-Pro tackle Trey Smith suffered an ankle injury in the game, and the latest update on his health is bad news for Patrick Mahomes.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
Note that now and in the upcoming months the growth may slow down a bit — but don’t expect bad news.
—Kyle Thomas, PEOPLE, 23 Nov. 2025
But bad news for the company, the chain's largest franchise operators, M&M Custard LLC, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, prompted by rising food and labor costs and financial trouble tied to its underperforming Chicago area restaurants.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 20 Nov. 2025
Nvidia's move to use more low-power DDR memory could be bad news for smartphone makers and other consumer electronics vendors, according to Counterpoint Research.
—PC Magazine, 19 Nov. 2025
This clarity and severity and focus that wanes and waxes as good news, bad news happens, or money is here, money is gone.
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 14 Nov. 2025
The generational trend is particularly bad news for fast-casual restaurants, which skew toward younger diners.
—Amelia Lucas,melissa Repko,gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 14 Nov. 2025
That's especially critical in a world where cruelty, war and bad news seem omnipresent.
—Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 13 Nov. 2025
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Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 25 Nov. 2025
The issue is that All-Pro tackle Trey Smith suffered an ankle injury in the game, and the latest update on his health is bad news for Patrick Mahomes.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
Note that now and in the upcoming months the growth may slow down a bit — but don’t expect bad news.
—Kyle Thomas, PEOPLE, 23 Nov. 2025
But bad news for the company, the chain's largest franchise operators, M&M Custard LLC, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, prompted by rising food and labor costs and financial trouble tied to its underperforming Chicago area restaurants.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 20 Nov. 2025
Nvidia's move to use more low-power DDR memory could be bad news for smartphone makers and other consumer electronics vendors, according to Counterpoint Research.
—PC Magazine, 19 Nov. 2025
This clarity and severity and focus that wanes and waxes as good news, bad news happens, or money is here, money is gone.
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 14 Nov. 2025
The generational trend is particularly bad news for fast-casual restaurants, which skew toward younger diners.
—Amelia Lucas,melissa Repko,gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 14 Nov. 2025
That's especially critical in a world where cruelty, war and bad news seem omnipresent.
—Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 13 Nov. 2025
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“Bad news.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bad%20news. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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