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bad rep

bad rep is the misconstruction of bad rap.

Meaning of bad rap

Noun

bad rap (plural bad raps)

  1. (slang) An undeservedly poor reputation.
    • Brussels sprouts get a bad rap: many kids hate them before they ever taste them.

Questions about bad rep

What is bad rep the misconstruction of?
Bad rep is the misconstruction of bad rap.

Words near bad rep in the dictionary

  1. bad press
  2. bad quarto
  3. bad quartos
  4. bad rap
  5. bad raps
  6. bad rep
  7. Bad Schandau
  8. Bad Schwartau
  9. bad scran to someone
  10. bad seed
  11. bad seeds

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bad rep (page history and authors); bad rap (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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