Below you will find example sentences with "bad idea". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Bad Idea in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: idea
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 12
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 24.8 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 3 start, 7 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "bad idea" has 2 words and usually appears near the end in these examples. The average sentence has 24.8 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as or a bad idea, a bad bad idea for pcs, good, level and two stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with bad guy, bad guys, bad news and good idea, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with bad idea
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
A quarter-cup tomato paste seemed like a bad idea. (10 words)
Do you think this is a good idea or a bad idea? (12 words)
AND because it is always a bad idea to upset anyone who has a gun. (15 words)
We had no idea who the statue even was, we were just two idiots walking home from the bar that had a bad idea, I’m sorry for my actions and want to apologize and I’ve already reached to the original artist of the sculptor to talk. (48 words)
Babar Azam has gone back to his seamers it might not be a bad idea with wicket turning and gripping to get in a few overs of spin and see how this duo reacts. (34 words)
To sum this game up, it had: bad controls, a bad idea for a storyline, bad level design, it was unreasonably difficult, it lacked any incentive to continue playing or try it again. (33 words)
Do you think this is a good idea or a bad idea? (12 words)
Join mastermind Robert Venditti, and BAD IDEA impresarios Dinesh Shamdasani, Peter Stern and Siena Fallon for an exclusive look at BAD IDEA's biggest slate yet! (26 words)
Example sentences (20)
To sum this game up, it had: bad controls, a bad idea for a storyline, bad level design, it was unreasonably difficult, it lacked any incentive to continue playing or try it again.
It was a bad idea then and it's a bad idea now and has been abused on most instances.
Join mastermind Robert Venditti, and BAD IDEA impresarios Dinesh Shamdasani, Peter Stern and Siena Fallon for an exclusive look at BAD IDEA's biggest slate yet!
This chapter also provides stats for a Goetic Spirit, which makes it pretty evident that it’s a bad, bad idea for PCs to attempt to tackle these guys sans a serious plan.
Maybe the idea of a superior level of government having the authority to dismiss a lower level of government might not be such a bad idea after all.
In August 2017, Medicare for All showed a 51 to 38 percent good idea/bad idea split.
More than twice as many polled believed large political rallies were a bad idea as opposed to those who said it was a good idea, 59% to 23%, respectively.
She said the idea of limiting, or delaying, sex education might seem politically expedient, but is ultimately a bad idea.
Do you think this is a good idea or a bad idea?
The idea of remaking the cheesy and dated 80s cop series, seemed like a pretty bad idea for many people.
This has to be one of the craziest things I have ever heard and I want to know if you think this is a good idea or a bad idea.
We had no idea who the statue even was, we were just two idiots walking home from the bar that had a bad idea, I’m sorry for my actions and want to apologize and I’ve already reached to the original artist of the sculptor to talk.
In his last book Mind at the End of Its Tether (1945) he considered the idea that humanity being replaced by another species might not be a bad idea.
AND because it is always a bad idea to upset anyone who has a gun.
And that might not be a bad idea for Reigns, who wrestled an astonishingly low 11 times in 2023.
A quarter-cup tomato paste seemed like a bad idea.
As it turns out, acquiring the guy whose last two teams couldn’t get rid of him quickly enough may well have been a bad idea.
Babar Azam has gone back to his seamers it might not be a bad idea with wicket turning and gripping to get in a few overs of spin and see how this duo reacts.
Besides, a short break or two every couple of months is never a bad idea.
Better border inspections aren’t a bad idea, but they won’t bother the thousands of illegal immigrants who sneak across our porous border every week carrying backpacks filled with undeclared goods.