Infamous

Infamous means to be famous, but for a bad reason, not a good reason. Hitler, Stalin and Pol Pot are all examples of infamous people.

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Word of the Day: Infamous

Infamous means to be famous, but not for a good reason.


Hitler, Stalin, and Pol Pot are all examples of infamous people.

A similar word is notorious.

These days, major cities in China are notorious for their poor air quality.

On any given day, thousands walk and ride bicycles or motorbikes while wearing facemasks to filter the air.

Many consumer products are famous for all the wrong reasons.

The herbicide Roundup is strongly suspected of causing cancer.

Everyone in the Western world should know by now that tobacco products are infamous for causing disease and pollution inside enclosed spaces.

Being famous can be useful in many ways, but I cannot think of anything good about being infamous.

Now, we do have the expression there is no such thing as bad press (publicity), but I have my doubts about that one, too.

That said, though, name recognition has a lot of value, even if your name is known for the wrong reason.


This post is understandable by someone with at least an 8th-grade education (age 13 ~ 14).

On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 62.

The easier a passage is to read, the higher the score on a scale of 0 – 100. 



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