plural noun
used with a sing. verb SlangOne that is unpleasant or undesirable: A troublemaker within a group is always bad news.
bad news
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Noun
(uncountable)
- News of unpleasant, unfortunate or sad events.
- (idiomatic) An irritating, troublesome or harmful person, situation or thing.
Antonyms
- good news
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