"give a bad name" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: gives a bad name [present, singular, third-person], giving a bad name [participle, present], gave a bad name [past], given a bad name [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|give<,,gave,given> a bad name}} give a bad name (third-person singular simple present gives a bad name, present participle giving a bad name, simple past gave a bad name, past participle given a bad name)
  1. To cause people to lose respect, reverence or esteem for something or someone. Related terms: misname [verb], misnamed [adjective] Translations (to lose respect for something/someone): donner une mauvaise réputation (French), perdere rispetto [feminine] (Italian), disprezzare (Italian), gi et dårlig rykte (Norwegian), ge ett dåligt rykte (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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