bad precedent

collocation in English

meaningsofbadandprecedent

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bad
adjective
uk
/bæd/us
/bæd/
unpleasant and ...
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precedent
noun
uk
/ˈpres.ɪ.dənt/us
/ˈpres.ə.dent/
an action, situation, or decision that has already happened and can be used as a reason why a similar action or decision should be performed ...
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(Definition ofbadandprecedentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbad precedent

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I regard the order as abadprecedent.
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I think this is really a verybadprecedent.
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It is a verybadprecedentto keep: these long hours, all the more that it is quite unnecessary.
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I suggest that it is a thoroughlybadprecedentto pass a clear resolution with secret or collateral provisos.
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That would be a verybadprecedentto set.
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Here it would make a verybadprecedentand perhaps a very dangerous one.
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I suggest that that is not abadprecedentto set.
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That is a verybadprecedent, apart from anything else.
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Our concern is that the process would set abadprecedent.
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To have taken that precedent would have been to have taken abadprecedent.
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Nevertheless, it is abadprecedentin tax legislation even to legislate for groups.
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If we continue with this there will come a time when our positions are reversed and thisbadprecedentwill be followed.
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It would be a verybadprecedentto start doing that.
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I regard this wording as abadprecedent.
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I believe this to be abadprecedent.
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As has been pointed out repeatedly this afternoon, it also sets a thoroughlybadprecedent.
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I accept that abadprecedentcould be created.
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That, in itself, interferes with all freedom for the medical profession, and is abadprecedentfor the future.
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That conjoint judicial review is abadprecedent.
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