bad advice

Example Sentences

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He spent about 14 months in federal prison and later blamed the loan forgiveness on bad advice from lawyers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

"Of course we wish we hadn't gone to Nashville, but we didn't follow bad advice."

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

Lawsuits arising from bad advice will just be part of the cost of doing business.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 24, 2025

That became the basis for their defense, known as entrapment by estoppel, in which a defendant essentially argues that he broke the law based on bad advice from a government official.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2024

True, Miguel had given Kyle some bad advice.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein