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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a bad master" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone in a position of authority or control who is ineffective, abusive, or untrustworthy.
Example: "In the story, the protagonist struggles under the rule of a bad master who exploits his workers."
Alternatives: "a poor leader" or "an untrustworthy authority".
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That's the trouble with anger: it's a good servant, but a bad master.
"If someone does a good job mastering a record and puts it on 120 gram, it's going to be better than a bad master on 200 gram," Mr. Kassem said.
Technology is a good servant but a bad master.
Technology is a bad master, but a wonderful servant.
Like Pape Pope said, he's a bad master who has left the dog of B613 malnourished.
Once upon a time, back in 1831, a bad master killing motherfucker named Nat Turner slaughtered like 50 slave-owning white people in Southhampton County, Virginia.
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The apprentices were vulnerable to maltreatment by bad masters, to industrial accidents, to ill-health from their work, ill-health from overwork, and ill-health from contagious diseases such as smallpox, typhoid and typhus which were then widespread.
This was a surprise — but not a bad one — from a master of the dark arts.
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