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bad egg

NOUN
bad person
Synonyms
WEAK
black sheep corrupt person evildoer miscreant reprobate scoundrel sorry lot untrustworthy person worthless person wrong number wrongdoer wrongo

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"I don't really want to lock it down like Fort Knox - why are we doing that? This is for our community... just because we've got one bad egg."

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2023

My mother had driven to check on Julie, who had moved in with a guy I could only assume was a bad egg.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2022

Julie Dawn Cole knows she was a bad egg — and she’s not shy about telling all.

From Fox News • Jan. 29, 2019

“I’ve been a bad egg lately,” Paul begins.

From The Verge • Dec. 3, 2018

“Well. The Belgians in general. He’s very mad about all the nice things they said earlier about King Léopold. Who was a bad egg, I’ll admit that.”

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver