in bad faith
idiom
: in a dishonest and improper way : with no intention of honoring a promise
She signed the contract in bad faith.
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Concluding that the plaintiff had not acted in bad faith, the trial judge encouraged the plaintiff to voluntarily dismiss the complaint with prejudice to refiling.
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Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
Anyone who claims his wave is the same as Elon Musk’s gesture is operating in bad faith.
—Molly Bohannon, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
Subramanian found Combs had failed to provide any evidence that he’d been singled out unfairly by prosecutors based on his race, selected for prosecution in bad faith, and other elements necessary to win his arguments.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 9 May 2025
If the American public and critical elements of the business sector nonetheless view these fights over executive power with apathy or only through the lens of their most short-term interests, then a president acting in bad faith will get away with it.
—Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2025
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Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
Anyone who claims his wave is the same as Elon Musk’s gesture is operating in bad faith.
—Molly Bohannon, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
Subramanian found Combs had failed to provide any evidence that he’d been singled out unfairly by prosecutors based on his race, selected for prosecution in bad faith, and other elements necessary to win his arguments.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 9 May 2025
If the American public and critical elements of the business sector nonetheless view these fights over executive power with apathy or only through the lens of their most short-term interests, then a president acting in bad faith will get away with it.
—Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2025
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“In bad faith.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20bad%20faith. Accessed 22 Jun. 2025.
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