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bad news

noun

Informal.
  1. an annoying, disturbing, unwelcome thing or person; nuisance; troublemaker.


bad news

noun

  1. slang.
    someone or something regarded as undesirable

    he's bad news around here

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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When she appears to Karsh to deliver some bad news as a koala bear, he politely asks her to stop playing around.

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First, the bad news: The terrific, contemporary dance-focused parade Magic Happens is currently not slated to run during Disneyland’s 70th anniversary.

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“Bass has taken the brunt of the criticism over the fires. That’s the bad news. The good news for her is this happened overnight, and she has an opportunity to, by performing well in recovery, win back people she has lost,” Yaroslavsky said.

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“You’re like, when does the bad news stop?” she said.

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"Right now it does feel like there's sort of layers on layers of bad news coming out of the Midlands, but I'm very hopeful that we will find a way through," Lycett said.

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