bad news
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- News of unpleasant, unfortunate or sad events.
- 2008 August 5, Alex Perry, “Good News: Gorillas Thrive”, in Time:
- One of the rules of journalism is that news from Africa is always bad news.
- 2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Aylesbury (2009)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 61:
- The mainstream media hones in on bad news stories where UK railways are concerned, yet gives scant attention to the many items of good news emerging from the network.
- (idiomatic) An irritating, troublesome or harmful object, situation or individual.
- Synonym: bad business
- 2008 January 12, Lynda Johnson, “Nude Photos: Britney Spears 5150 Leads to Paparazzi Picture Sale”, in National Ledger, retrieved 10 Oct. 2008:
- Many are warning Spears that he is bad news and is trying to use her.
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news of unpleasant, unfortunate or sad events
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irritating, troublesome of harmful thing, situation or person
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