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.
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As if extolling radical agnosticism, the film concludes by discussing the role of women in the church and an intersex cardinal’s laparoscopic hysterectomy before finally tossing its bad faith to a hermaphrodite pope.
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Armond White, National Review, 19 Feb. 2025
There’s no need for a Yale University law degree to notice that the vice president is making a bad faith effort for more executive power.
—Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
This bad faith is on display in the stunning bait-and-switch that City Hall is preparing to execute on trash collection fees, which would sharply increase revenue.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
Woods also accused the prosecutor’s office of bad faith negotiating in October after a second and potential third plea deal were squashed at the last minute.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
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Armond White, National Review, 19 Feb. 2025
There’s no need for a Yale University law degree to notice that the vice president is making a bad faith effort for more executive power.
—Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
This bad faith is on display in the stunning bait-and-switch that City Hall is preparing to execute on trash collection fees, which would sharply increase revenue.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
Woods also accused the prosecutor’s office of bad faith negotiating in October after a second and potential third plea deal were squashed at the last minute.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Bad faith.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bad%20faith. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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