bad faith
noun
: 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.
Examples of bad faith in a Sentence
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So much of the internet is miserable these days: harassment, bad faith, cruelty.
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Camille Butera, WIRED, 1 Apr. 2024
Union attorneys filed multiple unfair labor practice charges with the NLRB alleging club owners were engaging in bad faith bargaining and arbitrarily disciplining employees, among other claims.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024
Everyone in the uniformly excellent cast is complicated in that way: just wobbly enough, even in their bonhomie, to make credible the quick transformations to bad faith.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
Apple even ended support for progressive web apps on iPhones, in what is being viewed as a bad faith move.
—Ariel Shapiro, The Verge, 21 Feb. 2024
Having said that, a leadership position may actually prove to be a better example to use when trying to understand bad faith.
—Theodore McDarrah, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
Nevertheless, the quote inevitably garnered some bad faith (or just plain dumb) backlash.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2024
To Sudanese critics, the smart suits and smooth talk are just a tactic as General Hamdan prepares for the next round of battle, pointing to his New Year’s Day speech as evidence his bad faith.
—Declan Walsh, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2024
The fact Detroit is a majority-Black city is part of that bad faith attack.
—Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2024
Camille Butera, WIRED, 1 Apr. 2024
Union attorneys filed multiple unfair labor practice charges with the NLRB alleging club owners were engaging in bad faith bargaining and arbitrarily disciplining employees, among other claims.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024
Everyone in the uniformly excellent cast is complicated in that way: just wobbly enough, even in their bonhomie, to make credible the quick transformations to bad faith.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
Apple even ended support for progressive web apps on iPhones, in what is being viewed as a bad faith move.
—Ariel Shapiro, The Verge, 21 Feb. 2024
Having said that, a leadership position may actually prove to be a better example to use when trying to understand bad faith.
—Theodore McDarrah, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
Nevertheless, the quote inevitably garnered some bad faith (or just plain dumb) backlash.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2024
To Sudanese critics, the smart suits and smooth talk are just a tactic as General Hamdan prepares for the next round of battle, pointing to his New Year’s Day speech as evidence his bad faith.
—Declan Walsh, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2024
The fact Detroit is a majority-Black city is part of that bad faith attack.
—Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2024
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“Bad faith.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bad%20faith. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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