bad reputation

collocation in English

meaningsofbadandreputation

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bad
adjective
uk
/bæd/us
/bæd/
unpleasant and ...
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reputation
noun[C usually singular, U]
uk
/ˌrep.jəˈteɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌrep.jəˈteɪ.ʃən/
the opinion that people in general have about someone or something, or how much respect or admiration someone or something receives, based on past behaviour ...
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(Definition ofbadandreputationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbad reputation

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He correctly points out that localist representations have unfairly received abadreputation.
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The latter have acquired abadreputationin some quarters.
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Let me note, to set the record straight, that thebadreputationof all consequentialist models is based on at least one utterly misguided consideration.
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Severe side effects such as growth inhibition in children and osteoporosis in adults gave the treatment abadreputation.
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I have an extremelybadreputationas someone who accepts everything.
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If he gets caught, however, he not only receives no current payoff, but he also acquires abadreputation.
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They also give serious teachers abadreputation.
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For instance, similar to the auction example, agents that do not adhere to norms may obtain abadreputationin the system.
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In medical literature, wet-nurses had abadreputation.
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By the same token, getting abadreputationundermined the status of the pauper with settlement and residence parish.
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The impact of abadreputationwas likely to be particularly acute where the pauper's home parish employed paid officers.
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It used to have abadreputation(when compared to denotational semantics), and some people might have argued then that this question has no precise, mathematical answer.
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This act of conspicuous destruction, meant as a warning and a lesson in social hierarchy, aggravates both the frustration of the mob and thebadreputationof their master.
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Applied philosophy has abadreputation.
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If unemployment is increased because of that and because of this country'sbadreputationabroad for strikes, they will have only themselves to blame.
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Such problems give the railways abadreputation.
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What is definite is that many public capital projects have a verybadreputationfor being over budget and overdue.
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That would not happen on the first occasion; he must make abadreputationfor himself.
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