bad judgment

collocation in English

meaningsofbadandjudgment

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bad
adjective
uk
/bæd/us
/bæd/
unpleasant and ...
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judgment
noun
uk
/ˈdʒʌdʒ.mənt/us
/ˈdʒʌdʒ.mənt/
the ability to form valuable opinions and make ...
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(Definition ofbadandjudgmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That wasbadjudgment, because it should remain on.
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In so doing it may very well overstretch itself or get its fingers burnt throughbadjudgment.
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It may be a reason based on verybadjudgmentindeed.
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Perhaps it would have been better if the person responsible for thebadjudgmenthad gone and interest rates had not had to rise.
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The record ofbadjudgment, bad estimating, bad security and general incompetence has been appalling.
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In less than three days this week, she has re-established a pitiful record for inconsistency andbadjudgment.
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Those were the days of slum housing andbadjudgmenton housing issues.
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The difficulty is that there is not onlybadjudgment—we are all subject to error—but often a rather mistaken doctrinaire approach as well.
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The intervention of these councils in this way has rescued a number of people from theirbadjudgment.
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They are hostages to fortune and it is their ownbadjudgment.
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We found plenty of evidence thatbadjudgmentand risk-taking have extremely adverse effects on health.
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The exercise ofbadjudgmentmay manifest itself in many ways.
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Is there not a question ofbadjudgmentin this?
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I think that is verybadjudgment.
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To vote against previous renewal orders for that purpose was always bad logic as well asbadjudgment.
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When abadjudgmenthas been made that is proved to be illegal, action may then be taken against those concerned.
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It has often been said that he hasbadjudgment.
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There would be no opportunity for people to make abadjudgmentthrough bad temper, haste or anything like that.
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It thrives on misfortune,badjudgment, mental or physical inadequacy and sometimes downright bad luck.
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That refusal was most discourteous; it was in bad taste andbadjudgment.
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