bad precedent

Frequency: 7.815.1 per million words

An action or decision that can be used as a negative example in the future.

precedentADJECTIVE + precedent

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bad

Examples (10)

  • Granting this exception could set a bad precedent for future cases.
  • We must be careful not to establish a bad precedent with this decision.
  • His lenient punishment created a bad precedent for discipline in the school.
  • The court's ruling established a bad precedent that many found unjust.
  • Allowing this behavior now would certainly lead to a bad precedent.
  • Many feared that the new policy would constitute a bad precedent.
  • Setting a bad precedent can have long-lasting negative effects.
  • Is this action truly a bad precedent, or are we overreacting?
  • They argued that ignoring the rules would be a bad precedent for the team.
  • The government was warned against creating a bad precedent by intervening in the private sector.