bad news
an annoying, disturbing, unwelcome thing or person; nuisance; troublemaker.
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How to use bad news in a sentence
Oxidized iron wouldn’t form a planetary core, which could be bad news for life, Rogers says.
Two exoplanet families redefine what planetary systems can look like | Lisa Grossman | February 5, 2021 | Science NewsThe bad news is that it’s looking more and more like we might not be able to eradicate covid-19.
There’s good news and bad news in a remarkable new multi-year study of nearly 15,000 people who followed an ultra-minimalist strength training plan involving just one short workout a week.
The Data Behind a Once-a-Week Strength Routine | Alex Hutchinson | February 2, 2021 | Outside OnlineA prolonged government crisis would be really bad news for businesses like Alessandro’s.
The Reddit brigade finds a new target in silver, and that sets off an unlikely rally | Bernhard Warner | February 1, 2021 | FortuneThe loss aside, Tuesday wasn’t all bad news for the Wizards.
John Wall gets the best of the Wizards in their first game on opposite sides | Ava Wallace | January 27, 2021 | Washington Post
Terrorism is bad news anywhere, but especially rough on Odessa, where the city motto seems to be “make love, not war.”
Of course, the bad news for A&F is that they have united some in these two communities against them.
Muslims & Jews Unite vs. Abercrombie & Fitch | Dean Obeidallah | December 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd that was the real bad news for Young Living, because a drug has to be studied and claims verified.
Honey Boo Boo, Snake Oil, and Ebola: The Weird World of Young Living Essential Oils | Kent Sepkowitz | December 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd even if you do end up buying a fake—well, it might not all be bad news.
Are Over Half the Works on the Art Market Really Fakes? | Tom Sykes | October 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSeven days after receiving the letter from Navarro, Abidogun had yet to break the “bad news” to his brother-in-law and his nephew.
In fact, he had placed himself in so unsatisfactory a position as to render anything but bad news next door to an impossibility.
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry Wood"I have just received bad news—news which I have all along dreaded," replied the unhappy man, the telegram still in his hand.
The Doctor of Pimlico | William Le QueuxFather Francis, thus converted to her side, lost no time; he walked into the dining-room and told Neville he had bad news for him.
Things were looking gloomy for the Allies and the boy had been going over the bad news.
The Affable Stranger | Peter McArthurWhen I got home from the village a couple of evenings ago a bareheaded delegation met me at the road gate with bad news.
The Red Cow and Her Friends | Peter McArthur
British Dictionary definitions for bad news
slang someone or something regarded as undesirable: he's bad news around here
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with bad news
An unwelcome thing or person, trouble. For example, That fire was bad news; we were underinsured for the damage, or No one wants Mary on the board—she's bad news. This term transfers literal bad news—the report of an unhappy recent event—to an unwanted or undesirable individual or circumstance. [Slang; 1920s]
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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