bad move
Example Sentences
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Buying shares of the company you work for isn’t necessarily a bad move — but you should understand the risks.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026
"A bad move in chess means you will lose, just the same with life."
From BBC • Jun. 29, 2025
“That’s a bad move, baseball-wise, karma-wise, baseball-gods-wise,” Schumaker said of intentionally walking Ohtani.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2024
There’s no bad move, no wrong investment; even losses teach lessons.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 10, 2022
It was like playing chess and making a bad move and not knowing why but knowing instinctively that it was a bad move.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
