bad faith

bad faith

1. Deceptive or dishonest behavior. I'm afraid there will be many more instances of bad faith as this campaign continues.
2. Distrustfulness. There's too much bad faith between us. I mean, how can I trust her now, knowing that she stole all of that money from our company? It's really impossible to negotiate in bad faith like this.
See also: bad, faith
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

bad ˈfaith


1 lack of trust between two people: The dispute was the cause of a lot of bad faith and bitterness.
2 dishonest behaviour: There were many accusations of bad faith on the part of the government.
See also: bad, faith
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • in bad faith
  • a bad egg
  • bad egg
  • ethically challenged
  • hunker-slider
  • hunker-sliding
  • dirty deal
  • prosper
  • cheaters
  • cheaters never prosper
References in periodicals archive
A finding of bad faith would entitle the Stecherts to punitive as well as consequential damages.
"Therefore, removal is only appropriate if this Court finds that Plaintiff acted in bad faith to prevent removal.
"From the foregoing, it is clear that the Ombudsman's failure to demonstrate the presence of evident bad faith, gross inexcusable negligence, or manifest partiality in each of the three payments...amounts to grave abuse of discretion warranting the reversal of its finding of probable cause," the resolution read.
A case may not be removed under subsection (b)(3) on the basis of jurisdiction conferred by section 1332 more than one year after commencement of the action, unless the district court finds that the plaintiff has acted in bad faith in order to prevent a defendant from removing the action.
Landers contended that his damages always exceeded the policy limits and that State Farm had acted in bad faith by delaying payment of the policy limits until after appraisal.
New Jersey also deeply impacted by Sandy, seemingly has held on to its bad faith standard.
The Trademark Office rejected the registration application on grounds of bad faith based on opposition filed by the prior owner.
Forever Green then filed a motion to dismiss the involuntary filing as a bad faith filing.
the court recognized the following two potential claims for bad faith:
Beyond that, the PIP attorneys retained another law firm to pursue bad faith litigation against Progressive on behalf of some providers.
Perdido Sun Condominium Assn, Inc.,--So.3d--, 2015 WL 2236719 (Fla., 5/14/15) the issue raised was whether the Florida Legislature intended Citizens to be liable for statutory first-party bad faith claims as an exception to its statutory immunity from suit.
(4) When an insurer acts in bad faith and the insured's damages exceed the available UM/ UIM policy limits, the insured will be able to plead a prima facie bad-faith claim.
rejected that approach and ruled that insurers can be "liable for bad faith if they refuse to pay the undisputed portion of an obligation, even where another portion of the obligation is disputed." In fact, the court specifically found that if the information available to an insurer confirms that it owes some amount (even if the total amount owed is disputed), the insurer will commit bad faith if it neither reviews the available information, nor pays the undisputed amount.
If it appears that an assertion has been made in bad faith, according to Fruth, courts may require patent plaintiffs to post a bond of up to $500,000.
Holding: To succeed on a claim of judicial estoppel, the proponent must produce evidence of bad faith, and due to the lack of evidence of bad faith in this case the defendant's motion for summary judgment is denied.