perfectly good

Frequency: 7.09.5 per million words

Completely good, often used to contrast with an unnecessary negative action.

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Examples (20)

  • Why ruin a perfectly good story?
  • Why are you throwing away that perfectly good shirt?
  • There's a perfectly good chair in the other room.
  • There's no reason to buy a new car when yours is still perfectly good.
  • You threw away a perfectly good pair of shoes!
  • She refused to eat the perfectly good food just because it was a day old.
  • He abandoned a perfectly good career to travel the world.
  • He wasted a perfectly good afternoon sitting indoors doing nothing.
  • Don't waste perfectly good food like that.
  • You are ruining a perfectly good opportunity by being so pessimistic.
  • She left a perfectly good job without any explanation.
  • The old computer is still perfectly good for basic word processing tasks.
  • That's a perfectly good solution to the problem.
  • It seems a shame to tear down a perfectly good building like this.
  • They tore down a perfectly good building to make room for parking.
  • Don't throw those leftovers away; they are still perfectly good to eat.
  • There's no need to buy new ones when these are perfectly good.
  • I don't want to replace this sofa; it's perfectly good and very comfortable.
  • I can't believe you're replacing a perfectly good phone just because a new model came out.
  • Why waste a perfectly good excuse to stay home and relax?