bad news
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1.0
- noun
- /bæd nuz/
:
malas noticias
- Now I have some bad news, and I have some good news.
- break bad news
- give bad news
- deliver bad news
And both of those are bad news for the learning function.
- And both of those are bad news for the learning function.
- And I said, let me guess at the bad news, I'm not involved.
- And when delivering bad news, remove the emotion.
- The unfortunate news, the bad news is something's got to go.
- Now, this is a lot of bad news, but where's the good news?
- If he's right, that's really, really bad news for quantum computing startups.
- OK, so the bad news, there's a problem.
Examples
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There were other men here who had gotten bad news from home.
Fiction book (1992) -
I'm afraid we have some bad news.
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And both of those are bad news for the learning function.
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But as you know, at Rich Dad, bad news can mean good news.
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It's just bad news to be near that pool.
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Do you want the good news or the bad news?
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I'm afraid I bring you very bad news.
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Sorry to bother you, Mr. Burns, but I have some bad news.
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Under this government, the bad news just doesn't stop.
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I'm afraid we have some bad news regarding your job application.
Synonyms
News that makes you feel very sad and shocked
Antonyms
How Bad
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bad news comes from the simple image of someone arriving with a sad face or a letter to tell that someone has died, is ill, or something important was lost. So, because these messages cause pain, the phrase now means 'upsetting information'.