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

Recent Examples on the Web

That makes this galactic trio bad news for MOND, or modified Newtonian dynamics, an alternative to dark matter proposed in 1983 by the physicist Mordehai Milgrom. — Quanta Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026

Friday defined a good news/bad news day at a West Miami-Dade Sedano’s Supermarket. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026

That’s bad news for residents of the Florida Panhandle, where the storm is expected to make landfall on Friday evening, as well as people living in nearby southern Alabama, coastal Mississippi, Georgia and far-eastern Louisiana. — Alex Deluca, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026

That’s bad news for private schools, which could be forced into provisions antithetical to their purposes. — Mailee Smith, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bad news

• accrues
• accuse
• aircrews
• amuse
• bamboos
• breakthroughs
• canoes
• cashews
• chartreuse
• confuse
• construes
• defuse