bad habit
Example Sentences
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You would likely not see any money you gave him, so even loaning him money would merely start a bad habit that could be hard to break.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 21, 2026
But having fuelled a bad habit in China, it now wants to promote a health food there, hoping in the process to acquire the status of Africa's blueberry capital.
From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025
“I’ve been trying to get this bad habit out.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2025
This is not a minor character flaw or a bad habit that only emerges once or twice in his life.
From Salon • Oct. 8, 2024
I sat silent, recalling what a drudge she had been until Mr. Wopsle’s great-aunt successfully overcame that bad habit of living, so highly desirable to be got rid of by some people.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
