bad apple
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbadandapple
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bad
adjective
uk/bæd/us/bæd/
unpleasant and ...
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apple
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈæp.əl/us/ˈæp.əl/
a round fruit with firm, white flesh and a green, red, or ...
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(Definition ofbadandapplefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Furthermore, our simulation results show that sorting will increase the growth rate more in thebadapplecase than in the role model case.
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The second, patient-related norms, are aimed in the first instance at protecting the patient from 'badapple' members of the profession.
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In essence, the book concentrates on a fewbadappleexamples where political motives may have held sway.
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In this section, we explore the sensitivity of nonlinear peer quality, analyzing both the "role model" and "badapple" types of peer quality.
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The former is referred to in this study as the "role model" peer group effect, whereas the latter is referred to as the "badapple" type peer group effect.
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Hence, voucher programs are better to adopt in thebadapplecase than in the role model case.
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We appear at times to be more concerned with the onebadapplein the pile than with all the good ones.
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In general, this is observed, but occasionally it is not—and onebadappleoccasionally tends to spoil the barrel.
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I do not think that anybody would deny that there is probably an oddbadapplein the pharmaceutical basket.
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There must surely be safeguards against unnecessary searches and indeed against the oddbadapplein the service.
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There is always onebadapplein the barrel.
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Indeed, competitiveness could be eroded by regulation that is introduced to ensure that there is no miscreant orbadapplein the barrel.
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There is no doubt that dispersed in individual prisons they are like abadapplein a barrel.
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We should not condemn the whole system just because of onebadapple.
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One troublesome child can be like thebadappleinfecting others.
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Like the rest of us, a doctor can make a mistake and there will be the occasionalbadapplein the barrel.
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If there is onebadapplein a barrel, we all know what happens.
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By the law of averages there will be the occasionalbadapplethat goes undetected or turns bad subsequently.
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Charities are rightly held in high esteem, but the charitable world, like any other, can attract rogues—and, as elsewhere, onebadapplecan spoil the barrel.
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