Bad news
Not good
Bad news and not good are semantically related in poor quality topic. Sometimes you can use "Bad news" instead an adjective phrase "Not good".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- Shoot the Messenger: Lampshaded by Apophis, who realizes that while killing the bearer of bad news is very cathartic, it's not good policy (especially with the war on).
Source: Fanfic / XSGCOM - The bad news is that it turns out that seeing the future is not good for your mental health.
Source: Mad Oracle
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Not good and Bad news. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bad_news/not_good
Bad news & Not good. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/bad_news/not_good>.
Not good or Bad news. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/bad_news/not_good.
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