bad money

Example Sentences

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Michelle Singletary’s Jan. 8 Business column had this grammatically jarring headline: “Here’s seven bad money habits to break in 2023” instead of “Here are 7 bad money habits to break in 2023.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2023

In the end, Calhoun preferred bad money to good, because it better protected the foundations of the slave society that he wanted to defend above all else.

From Slate • Sep. 22, 2021

Best bits: Don’t expect a 10-step guide to maximizing your financial potential. but you will discover that you’re not alone in your bad money habits.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 3, 2017

But a government adviser, U Tin Maung Than, a director of the Myanmar Development Resource Institute, a research organization, says the government does not have the wherewithal to distinguish good from bad money.

From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2015

I could not go incognito, for I was as well known as a bit of bad money.

From Eyes Like the Sea by Jókai, Mór