bad money
Example Sentences
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It’s not because Gen X parents think their children make bad money decisions.
From Salon • Dec. 17, 2024
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
In the end, Calhoun preferred bad money to good, because it better protected the foundations of the slave society that he wanted to defend above all else.
From Slate • Sep. 22, 2021
But, goes an old argument, hasn’t art always been bankrolled by bad money?
From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2019
Edward, as the historian informs us, bought in this bad money at a rate below its value, in order to make a profit; and fined some persons who interfered with his traffic.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry