as in evil
that which is morally unacceptable
a book that ponders the question of the presence of evildoing in a universe controlled by a benevolent Supreme Being
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Recent Examples of evildoing
The show trades the Middle Eastern backdrop of the first season for a South American one, and Pine has to use all his charm and improvisation to get out of a series of increasingly dangerous pickles, all the while worrying that British Security Services might be involved in all the evildoing.
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Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
11 Jan. 2026
The series, arranged every year by the Hartford Business Improvement District, opens July 12 with a film where the supernatural evildoing has a Connecticut connection.
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Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
6 June 2025
The greater the barriers to evildoing, the greater the chances of discouraging causal efforts and upping the ante for the determined cyber crooks.
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Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
3 Jan. 2023
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
11 Jan. 2026
The series, arranged every year by the Hartford Business Improvement District, opens July 12 with a film where the supernatural evildoing has a Connecticut connection.
—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
6 June 2025
The greater the barriers to evildoing, the greater the chances of discouraging causal efforts and upping the ante for the determined cyber crooks.
—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
3 Jan. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evildoing
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Peter Gosselin Washington Moyn’s article and the accompanying cover photograph—showing old people as malevolent and evil—were not up to the usual standards of Harper’s Magazine.
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Using everything she’s learned from Jack Reacher and her time as a member of the 110 Special Investigators, Neagley puts herself on a dangerous path to uncover a menacing evil.
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In addition to public goods, AI will also create public bads.
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Naturally, the meeting is a flop because no one was prepared, and their spontaneous ideas are frankly fireable-offense bad (a baguette bag shaped like a baguette for Paris?
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“Evildoing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evildoing. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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