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

There’s just too much suspicion of bad faith between the sides to resolve sticky issues like how the league would handle an expanded playoff without adversely affecting player salaries.

From FiveThirtyEight

When Hawley addressed the Senate after the riots, he paired the “legislature” argument — which had been incubating on the right for 20 years — with a second, completely inconsistent argument that provides good evidence of bad faith.

From Washington Post

Republicans have lashed out at additional security measures like metal detectors introduced in the House, and accused Democrats in bad faith of contributing to the ingrained partisanship with their heated rhetoric.

From Time

Given that may be the norm and the custom, proving that this is so beyond the pale for bad faith is going to be an uphill battle for plaintiffs.

From ProPublica

It did not argue any voters cast ballots in bad faith or otherwise fraudulently.

From Washington Post

But when that plane has gone down because of humans acting in bad faith, there are consequences, there is hell to pay.

From The Daily Beast

Menendez said at the time that the administration had negotiated on the amendment in bad faith.

From The Daily Beast

And discrediting Rouhani will be easier if they can point to tangible signs of Western bad faith.

From The Daily Beast

It's the same old story: congressional (and largely though not wholly Republican) bad faith.

From The Daily Beast

It will also be accompanied by hysterical whining, odious self-righteousness, and mutual accusations of bad faith.

From The Daily Beast

Her bad faith as a good mother seeks shelter behind her child, your son is her accomplice.

From Project Gutenberg

In southern Europe, team-work along all lines is limited by selfishness and bad faith.

From Project Gutenberg

The bad faith, citizens, of which the Jewish nation is accused does not come from themselves but from their priests.

From Project Gutenberg

Why, sir, if it would have been bad faith to have excluded Kentucky, was it not bad faith to exclude Missouri?

From Project Gutenberg

They display in their commercial manuvres great ability jointed to the most signal bad faith.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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