bad money
Example Sentences
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Michelle Singletary’s Jan. 8 Business column had this grammatically jarring headline: “Here’s seven bad money habits to break in 2023” instead of “Here are 7 bad money habits to break in 2023.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2023
“You may make location mistakes. You may not think about what you need for every stage of your life, so you buy the wrong size home or make a bad money decision.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 2018
But a government adviser, U Tin Maung Than, a director of the Myanmar Development Resource Institute, a research organization, says the government does not have the wherewithal to distinguish good from bad money.
From New York Times ● Jun. 5, 2015
In early December, new data from the company showed that most full-time drivers on Uber’s New York City platform were earning $50,000 to $70,000—not bad money, but certainly not $90,000.
From Slate ● Dec. 30, 2014
"And is all this bad money?" said the youth, curiously gazing, as I thought, at me alone, and not taking the slightest notice of the rest of my companions.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 by Various
