bad faith

noun

1. lack of honesty and trust:

   Bad faith on the part of both negotiators doomed the talks from the outset.

bad faith

noun

1. intention to deceive; treachery or dishonesty (esp in the phrase in bad faith )
2. Also calledmauvaise foi (in the philosophy of the 20th-century French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre) self-deception, as when an agent regards his actions as conditioned by circumstances or conventions in order to evade his own responsibility for choosing them freely

Other Words From

• bad-faith adjective

Example Sentences

A union representing nearly 40,000 University of California workers began a two-day strike Wednesday to protest what it claims is bad faith bargaining by university negotiators as the two sides try to hammer out new labor agreements.

From Los Angeles Times

Union members authorized the strike with 99% of members voting in support just weeks after filing formal charges with the state’s Public Employment Relations Board alleging bad faith bargaining.

From Los Angeles Times

University officials disputed the union’s allegations, saying in a statement that “we fundamentally disagree with AFSCME’s claims of bad faith bargaining and characterization of unacceptable bargaining proposals.”

From Los Angeles Times

Rothchild notes that a bad faith conflation of antisemitism and anti-Zionism, or a reluctance to criticize actions of the State of Israel even when they violate international law, has led to a culture of silence and fear within the medical community.

From Salon

It also redefines harassment as “a landlord’s bad faith conduct” directed at tenants that causes them detriment or harm.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• bigotry
• deceit
• deception
• dishonesty
• duplicity
• fraud
• insincerity
• mockery