bad name

1. see give a bad name.

Example Sentences

"It's a very small number of people that give the rest of dog walkers a bad name," he said, adding that wardens do a difficult job and can not operate "24/7".

From BBC

Where McCann is a firecracker, Ava Dash is a total snooze, the kind of monotone, self-obsessed personality that gives Gen Z a bad name.

From Salon

Guillaume Molinas, a 50-year-old restaurant owner, said he feared the deadly attack would give the village of some 1,000 residents a "bad name".

From BBC

“L.A. is getting a bad name,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

“Your drone can hamper firefighting efforts. If your drone is up, firefighting aircraft can’t fly. As a professional, licensed drone op, it’s flights like this that give us a bad name and hamper our ability to fly legitimately.”

From Los Angeles Times