Meaning

4 senses
  1. (idiomatic)An individual or entity with a prior criminal conviction, or who has been sanctioned by the court or regulator.

  2. (idiomatic)A person with malicious intent.

  3. (idiomatic)An ill-intentioned, mean, badly behaved or ill-tempered person.

  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bad, actor.

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Tom is a bad actor.

    deTom ist ein schlechter Schauspieler.

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  2. I'm not a bad actor.

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  3. What a bad actor!

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  4. Tom is a very bad actor.

    ruТом очень плохой актёр.

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  5. They are very bad actors.

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Forms

plural: bad actors
Singularbad actor
Pluralbad actors

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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