bad faith

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Recent Examples of bad faith Acting in 'bad faith' In the first hundred days since Trump took office, lawyers challenging his actions in court alleged that his administration violated court orders at least six times, according to court records reviewed by ABC News. Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025 The primary context that has generated tax authorities about bad faith claims involves physical injury cases. Robert W. Wood, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025 Failure to satisfy estate tax for example, can result in personal liability for unpaid tax, even if the executor lacked bad faith. Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.d., Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025 Tehran has accused the U.S. of bad faith, citing broken promises under the original deal. Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bad faith
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bad faith
Noun
  • Some of her most prominent studies have been centered on dishonesty.
    Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 27 May 2025
  • For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
    Alondra Nelson, Time, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • That kind of hypocrisy on self-enrichment could become a weak point for the GOP and a clear opening for Democrats to attack.
    Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 June 2025
  • But that stumble constitutes Hwang’s only confrontation with the hypocrisy that ruins Yellow Face and its inherent PBS conceit.
    Armond White, National Review, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • None of these spring explorations of sisterly deceit and self-deception has been able to surpass Apple TV+’s Bad Sisters as the recent genre peak.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 28 May 2025
  • Starring Tom Cruise, the movies are loaded with action, deceit and globe-spanning adventures – everything a good spy film should be.
    Keith Langston, People.com, 24 May 2025
Noun
  • And some saw duplicity in Holden’s efforts since the councilman had fought so vigorously to restrict liquor licenses in South L.A. after the 1992 riots.
    Jaimie Ding, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
  • The publication, known for its close ties to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, framed the talks as yet another round of predictable Western duplicity.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But these seductions or deceptions are canceled when the work confronts us with the photographic records of the performative procedure itself—and not only by making the photograph an integral component, the dialectical complement to the material sculptural production.
    Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Artforum, 1 June 2025
  • He’s got some deception on the puck and does a good job holding onto it to wait for secondary options to open up, but slows the game down too much.
    Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • By promoting dissimulation and sanctifying mendacity, Trump’s tsarist regime works to silence knowledge.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2025
  • But conservatism ought not to be equated with populist buffoonery and mendacity.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 14 Oct. 2024

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“Bad faith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bad%20faith. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.

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