make a bad investment

Example Sentences

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"If they make a bad investment choice and they end up facing removal, it's disastrous," said Gibson.

From Reuters • Dec. 22, 2010

He had begun to wonder if it was not just as easy for a fellow to make a bad investment of his brains and muscles as it was with his money.

From The Desert Fiddler by Hamby, William H. (William Henry)